The most difficult act of the six-year term
Look, this is pure high-tension theater. A Mexican ship with aid arrives in Havana while Claudia Sheinbaum has Donald Trump breathing down her neck. The script? The same as always, but with a much more unpredictable villain.
Trump threatened with trade retaliation to anyone who sells fuel to Cuba.
And therein lies the problem. Mexico was practically the last supplier after the Venezuelan collapse. They had to suspend shipments. It is a move that hurts, because it puts us against the historical wall: loyalty to Havana or pragmatism with Washington?
A story of love and heartbreak
This comes from afar. Since 1962, when Mexico was the only country that voted against expelling Cuba from the OAS. We defended its sovereignty tooth and nail. During decades of the PRI, we maintained that almost circus balance: friends of Cuba, partners of the United States.
The function was ruined with Vicente Fox and that embarrassing “you eat and you leave” to Fidel Castro in 2002. Then came the votes against Cuba in the UN. The relationship froze.
Now Sheinbaum inherits this mess tenfold. It’s not just politics; It is pure and simple economics. Trump does not negotiate, he imposes conditions. And Mexico is in the middle, trying not to burn bridges with an island that is suffocating without energy.
The real drama is behind the curtain: each movement is calculated to the millimeter. How far can we compromise before betraying our own history? The show has just begun, and the public—the people—expects an ending that does not leave us in a bad light with anyone.
Or at least, that it doesn’t cost us more than what we are already paying.
