Spain, Mexico and Brazil Condemn Cuba Crisis as 3 Nations Stop Short of Fuel Aid

1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 29

Spain, Mexico and Brazil issued a joint statement last month calling Cuba’s plight “dire,” urging respect for sovereignty and international law while offering only more humanitarian aid.
Fuel was the missing pledge: none of the three committed energy shipments, reflecting fear of US secondary sanctions tied to Donald Trump’s renewed maximum-pressure campaign and fuel blockade.
Cuba’s shortages have deepened into near-paralysis, with factories and transport stalled, hospitals struggling to run generators, and up to 1 million mostly educated Cubans emigrating in the past two years.
Outside help has thinned further since subsidized Venezuelan oil ended after Maduro’s January ouster; Russia sent one shipment in March, while China and Europe have largely stayed on the sidelines.
Even the EU’s stance has weakened: its once-unanimous annual backing for ending the 1962 US embargo fractured in 2025, underscoring Havana’s growing diplomatic isolation.

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