{"id":15498,"date":"2026-03-14T10:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=15498"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:10:56","slug":"mexican-navy-ships-in-cuba-with-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/mexican-navy-ships-in-cuba-with-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Navy Ships in Cuba With Humanitarian Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15499 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mexicon-ship-in-havana.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mexicon-ship-in-havana.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mexicon-ship-in-havana-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Guantanamo.- On Friday, two Mexican Navy ships, the Papaloapan and the Huasteco, arrived in Havana with humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn their third stop in Cuba so far this year, the ARM Papaloapan, the ARM Huasteco and their crews confirm themselves as leading protagonists of the generous aid from the Mexican government and people,\u201d Cuba\u2019s ambassador to Mexico, Eugenio Martinez, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>RELATED:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/battery-storage-system-strengthens-the-cuban-energy-system\/\">Battery Storage System Strengthens Energy Supply in Cuba<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly before, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel highlighted Mexico\u2019s role as a reference point for Latin American solidarity with Cuba, emphasizing that the Mexican nation does not yield to pressure against his country.<\/p>\n<p>In February, amid a context marked by the tightening of the U.S. blockade, the Mexican government also sent Cuba a shipment containing 1,193 tons of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, the ARM Papaloapan carried 1,078 tons of beans and powdered milk, while the ARM Huasteco transported 92 tons of beans and 23 tons of other food products.<\/p>\n<p>That same month, Mexico also sent 814 tons of basic food products and hygiene supplies, demonstrating the bonds of fraternity that define Mexican foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfa BREAKING \u2013 Two Mexican Navy Ships arrive in Havana with a third shipment of aid to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum reaffirmed support amid the &#8220;unjust blockade&#8221; and is still working to resume oil trade.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00edaz-Canel: &#8220;The solidarity of Mexico with Cuba can only be compared in magnitude with\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i92nggtmXS\">pic.twitter.com\/i92nggtmXS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samuel \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd (@resisres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/resisres\/status\/2032486951924703400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On March 13, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied malicious reports about the alleged commercialization of Mexican donations and said there are records showing the humanitarian aid reaching Cuban households directly.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Ambassador Martinez also clarified that Mexican products appearing in some stores correspond to previous commercial imports and not to humanitarian aid, which is distributed with priority to children and older adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn no way will the solidarity of the brotherly Mexican people and the grateful reception of the Cuban people be tarnished by the slander of media outlets complicit in the crime represented by the U.S. blockade against the Cuban people,\u201d he said on his Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. government\u2019s inhumane measures have deprived Cuba of fuels, affecting its production capacity, basic services, and sources of livelihood for reasons related to interference, destabilization, and domination,\u201d Martinez added.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 29, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing authorities to impose tariffs on goods from countries that supply oil to Cuba, thereby aggravating the impact of an economic blockade that has been in force for more than 60 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- On Friday, two Mexican Navy ships, the Papaloapan and the Huasteco, arrived in Havana with humanitarian aid. \u201cIn their third stop in Cuba so far this year, the ARM Papaloapan, the ARM Huasteco and their crews confirm themselves as leading protagonists of the generous aid from the Mexican government and people,\u201d Cuba\u2019s ambassador to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,28,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","category-economy","category-internacionales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15501,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498\/revisions\/15501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}