Mexico's President Reaffirms Rejection of U.S. Blockade Against Cuba

"We will always seek the self-determination of peoples. Our Constitution states it, and we do it out of conviction. We do not agree with blockades. It harms peoples. It does not harm governments; it harms peoples," she said during her regular press conference.

Amid the intensification of the siege imposed by Washington on the Greater Antilles, the head of the executive reiterated her disagreement with punishing the Cuban people and called for seeking dialogue and never violent solutions.

"That will always be our position, our opinion, and the solidarity with the Cuban people, which is historic for Mexico. It has always existed. We were the only country that voted against the blockade. The only one. We are talking about 1961," she asserted from the National Palace.

The president mentioned that in one of her calls with her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, she expressed her opinion on this matter and commented that the Caribbean nation "has also made an effort to open its economy."

"When he asked me about this issue (Cuba), I gave him my opinion, as I do in general, and obviously always seeking a good relationship with the U.S. government, because that has always been our position, but also defending our principles," she emphasized.

For more than six decades, the United States has imposed an economic, commercial, and financial siege on the Greater Antilles, tightened last January through an executive order signed by Trump.

The lack of access to fuel resulting from this intensification affects sensitive areas such as electricity generation, hospital operations, food production and distribution, and water pumping in the Caribbean nation.

The Republican's threats and other measures against Cuba have sparked rejection and denunciation from popular sectors, governments, and politicians in Mexico and various countries around the world.