Mexico Cancels Oil Shipment to Cuba Amidst Regional and International Developments
Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed the cancellation of an oil shipment to Cuba on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, insisting the decision was a sovereign one and not a response to pressure from the United States, according to The Guardian. The cancellation comes as Cuba faces increasingly severe blackouts due to fuel shortages, with Mexico having been the island's biggest oil supplier since the US blocked shipments.
The decision occurs amidst a backdrop of other significant international events. In Venezuela, President Maduro's successor, Delcy Rodríguez, is reportedly promoting an era of reform and opening up modeled on China's post-Mao boom, according to The Guardian. This comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of the UK is in China this week for discussions on trade, spies, and the case of Jimmy Lai, as reported by Sky News. Relations between the UK and China have reportedly been on a "downward spiral" since the "golden era" symbolized by former Prime Minister David Cameron taking Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a pint in a Buckinghamshire pub a decade ago.
Meanwhile, in the Horn of Africa, a severe drought is impacting the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera town, according to Al Jazeera. The drought has received limited international news coverage. Simultaneously, Mozambique is battling floods, highlighting the diverse climate challenges facing the African continent.
In other news, a five-year-old US citizen named Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos was deported to Honduras on January 11, along with her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, despite Génesis never having lived there, The Guardian reported. Génesis's mother, whose visa application was pending, plans to send her daughter back to the US soon accompanied by another relative.
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