Pemex cancels scheduled oil shipment to Cuba

[El Presidente]

Under mounting US pressure, Pemex cancels scheduled oil shipment to Cuba

 

MND Staff

January 27, 2026

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As the United States appears to actively seek regime change in Cuba, Mexico’s state oil company Pemex canceled plans to send a shipment of crude oil to the communist-run island this month, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

On Tuesday morning, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that Mexico makes its own “sovereign” decisions regarding oil shipments to Cuba, but didn’t deny that Pemex halted a planned shipment to the island.

Citing “documents” to which it had access, Bloomberg reported that Pemex was expected to send a shipment of oil to Cuba in January but “removed the cargo from its schedule.”

“… The shipment was set to load in mid-January and would have arrived in Cuba before the end of the month under the original schedule,” the news agency wrote. 

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mounting-us-pressure-pemex-oil-cuba/

[chris12381]

This is the first time since the Soviet collapse that Cuba is out of patrons and very close to out of time.  

[KCCubano]

I wonder where Diaz-Canel and his new plane will fly to when the c**p hits the fan. 

[NYGuido]

Oof. I guess this is a "buy 'em while you can" moment for us who love Cuban cigars, which will turn into a "smoke 'em if you got 'em" moment thereafter.

[zacca]

Honestly, if I were attending the Habanos Festival this year I’d feel like a real pimp — and I don’t mean that in a good way. 

[TheCigarSoldier]

7 hours ago, NYGuido said:

Oof. I guess this is a "buy 'em while you can" moment for us who love Cuban cigars, which will turn into a "smoke 'em if you got 'em" moment thereafter.

If the trend continues it's pretty much ball game for us in the States. It's been what feels like the bottom of the 9th for the better part of the last year anyways as Customs has cracked down and most vendors stopped shipping. 

Like Andy from the office said, "“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them." 

[Allroz]

3 hours ago, TheCigarSoldier said:

If the trend continues it's pretty much ball game for us in the States. It's been what feels like the bottom of the 9th for the better part of the last year anyways as Customs has cracked down and most vendors stopped shipping. 

Like Andy from the office said, "“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them."  

I would suspect ball game for everyone, at least for a while. 

[ThePolskiOgorki]

My question is when will the Trump-Vana AI video be posted on Truth Social? 

Its hard to believe that it will get worse for the average citizen there while this all plays out. The scenario of the regime hanging on for an extended period and the people enduring the worst of it during that time seems more likely to me then the one where the people rise up in protest or rebellion. 

[helix]

I suspect that there's not much protest left in the remaining Cuban population of old and starving.

[bmac]

If the Communist Cuban regime would do what’s right for the people of Cuba, we could get on with rebuilding and restore dignity to the storied island.

[zacca]

6 hours ago, bmac said:

If the Communist Cuban regime would do what’s right for the people of Cuba, we could get on with rebuilding and restore dignity to the storied island.

That would presuppose that the regime is interested in anything other than enriching themselves and holding on to power. 

[JohnnyO]

There used to be a joke years ago in Cuba that the poor mans dish was rice and eggs. Now the saying is that rice and eggs are for just rich folks. The power outages get amplified as time passes by. It used to be 4 hours a day, then 4 hours on 4 hours off. The worst is when they hit you 6pm to 2am. Then they shut it off 6am again. Locals have to time their cooking when there is power at home. If you missed that, you have to cook with charcoal or wood. They used to give the locals LP gas through the ration card, that has been mostly eliminated. Very hard to buy it on the streets. In some areas like Centro Havana, 10 de Octubre, Playa there is natural gas piped in most of the time. I see many locals cutting down tree branches or picking up fallen branches to take home. Outside of those areas they have to rely on charcoal, mostly with makeshift barbecues. Prices and exchange rates go up weekly. The lines for gasoline at 33rd Ave and 42nd St (Playa) were 4-5 hours for the rental cars. If you didn't want to be in line, there is a hustler that would cut you in for 5000 cup ($10 USD). There was a lot of "P" plates (Particular) on older Ladas that were in line. Maybe more than half. Gasoline is $1.30/liter. I watched the show from across the street in my hole-in-the-wall restaurant that was serving 80 cent, 1/2 liter Crystals. 

[JohnnyO]

A picture is worth  a 1000 words.

[StoagieSnape]

So so sad. I wish the CC Cigar industry would go to the beautiful people of Cuba and not in the government's hands. Quality and quantity might improve. Alas. Hoping things sort themselves out soon. 

[chris12381]

According to a Financial Times article published yesterday, Cuba has received only one oil shipment in all of 2026, about 85,000 barrels from Mexico on January 9. That works out to roughly 3,000 barrels per day versus about 37,000 barrels per day in 2025, and even counting existing stockpiles, analysts estimate Cuba only has enough fuel to operate for about 15 to 20 more days.

Cuba has '15 to 20 days' of oil left as Donald Trump turns the screws

[NYGuido]

My heart absolutely breaks for the Cuban people. The Cuban government? They can rot in Hell. 

[LizardGizmo]

On 1/29/2026 at 7:47 PM, chris12381 said:

According to a Financial Times article published yesterday, Cuba has received only one oil shipment in all of 2026, about 85,000 barrels from Mexico on January 9. That works out to roughly 3,000 barrels per day versus about 37,000 barrels per day in 2025, and even counting existing stockpiles, analysts estimate Cuba only has enough fuel to operate for about 15 to 20 more days.

Cuba has '15 to 20 days' of oil left as Donald Trump turns the screws

Here's the link with paywall removed: http://archive.today/I0Ohl

Is the Habanos Festival going to happen?

[NYGuido]

7 minutes ago, LizardGizmo said:

Is the Habanos Festival going to happen?

Is it wrong of me to think anyone who cares about the Cuban people should consider not going? Diverting what little power and resources the island has to this thing seems like Nero fiddling while Rome burned and like the government is spitting in the face of their own people.

[LizardGizmo]

Is it wrong of me to think anyone who cares about the Cuban people should consider not going? Diverting what little power and resources the island has to this thing seems like Nero fiddling while Rome burned and like the government is spitting in the face of their own people.

It might be the best opportunity this year for the Cubans in Havana to put hard US/EU currency in their pockets from these wealthy tourists coming in for festival. Also, for the Cubans in Pinar del Rio where a lot of festival goers will be on Tuesday, 24 Feb visiting the fincas.

If I was going I’d be tipping very heavily, eating at paladares exclusively and making sure I was transacting with locals for things as much as possible. I’d also be crossing my fingers that I can get a flight out…

[Ken Gargett]

On 1/28/2026 at 11:29 AM, zacca said:

Honestly, if I were attending the Habanos Festival this year I’d feel like a real pimp — and I don’t mean that in a good way. 

there is a good way?

[Ken Gargett]

On 1/29/2026 at 10:10 AM, zacca said:

That would presuppose that the regime is interested in anything other than enriching themselves and holding on to power. 

we still talking about Cuba? 

[Ken Gargett]

all for dismantling the Cuban govt and ridding the people of the bastards who run it, but what on earth will happen to the people while this happens? is the US more interested in making a splash internationally or in the genuine wellfare of the Cuban people (take a wild guess)? 

to be honest, hate to say this as it does affect the ordinary people, i would not be going near the place at the moment. if bombs start dropping, they won't discriminate. 

[El Presidente]

8 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

all for dismantling the Cuban govt and ridding the people of the bastards who run it, but what on earth will happen to the people while this happens? is the US more interested in making a splash internationally or in the genuine wellfare of the Cuban people (take a wild guess)? 

to be honest, hate to say this as it does affect the ordinary people, i would not be going near the place at the moment. if bombs start dropping, they won't discriminate. 

When it comes to Cuba, every international govt is interested only in their own geoplotical benefit. China/Russia/Mexico/Venezuela/USA....all of them. Cuban military is only interested in their control and survival. 

Cuban people are an afterthought, unfortunately. 

Let's hope for a best case scenario. Regime change or adjustment in the shortest possible time period with no or minimal military action. 

[Ken Gargett]

2 hours ago, El Presidente said:

When it comes to Cuba, every international govt is interested only in their own geoplotical benefit. China/Russia/Mexico/Venezuela/USA....all of them. Cuban military is only interested in their control and survival. 

Cuban people are an afterthought, unfortunately. 

Let's hope for a best case scenario. Regime change or adjustment in the shortest possible time period with no or minimal military action.

no argument. 

[helix]

I think at the first whiff of any military invasion the Cuban army will drop tools and disappear.