Thomas Graham in Tijuana and Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
Fri 30 Jan 2026 13.08 EST
Sheinbaum’s comments came after a week of increasing threats from Washington. US officials briefed that gunboats could be deployed off Cuba, and said efforts were under way to find Cuban ministers prepared to collaborate with the US.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mike Hammer, the US chargé d’affaires in Havana, said: “The Cubans have complained for years about a ‘blockade’, but now there is going to be a real blockade.”
Disturbing. Not clear what us wants with cuba. They’d be willing to buy all their oil from them whether intermidiary of Venezuela or canada. They don’t have massive resources the us wants.
It’s simple, Cuba shows there’s a viable alternative to capitalism. If it was allowed to succeed, then it would be a threat of a good example for Latin America.