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Mexico Reconsiders Free Oil Aid to Cuba Amid Fiscal Struggles

• Mexico's state oil firm, Petroleos Mexicanos, is reevaluating its practice of gifting oil to Cuba amidst its own financial challenges, especially as the cost of the donated oil spikes.
• Despite the crude price nearing $100 a barrel, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (commonly referred to as AMLO) aims to maintain the support described as humanitarian aid. However, there's a need to ensure that these measures do not breach US sanctions.
• In a show of goodwill, Mexico donated 350,000 barrels to Cuba in June and another 700,000 barrels in July. These actions were taken in line with AMLO's efforts to reinforce ties with Havana after no exports since 2019.
• The Foreign Minister, Alicia Barcena, stated these donations were routed through the nation’s Agency of International Cooperation for Development. Given the oil prices' surge of 25% within three months and Mexico's significant fiscal deficit, the government is considering selling the Pemex crude rather than donating it.
• Any potential sale would be complicated due to US sanctions on Cuba which restrict various forms of US involvement in trades with the communist nation.
• AMLO and Barcena, during her UN speech, have called for the lifting of the US trade embargo on Cuba, initially imposed over six decades ago.
• Despite no Pemex oil exports to Cuba in August, the previous donations could have been valued at approximately $77 million in total in the open market.
• Pemex's decision to donate comes during challenging times as its crude production has halved since 2004 and its debt skyrocketed to $110.5 billion by June end.
• Cuba previously relied on oil imports from Venezuela until US sanctions were imposed. Currently, Cuba faces its harshest economic crisis since the Soviet Union's collapse, exacerbated by stringent US sanctions and a decrease in tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• AMLO has historically shown a more favorable stance towards Cuba, in contrast to some predecessors, even inviting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to prominent national events in Mexico.

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