Лопес Обрадор выходит из уединения, чтобы просить денег для кубинского режима

Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–2024) resurfaced on Saturday, March 14, with a social media post expressing support for the Cuban regime—of which he was a loyal and close ally—and urging his fellow citizens to donate money to help Havana. “I am in retirement, but it pains me that they seek to exterminate the brotherly people of Cuba because of their ideals of freedom and defense of sovereignty,” the former president stated on X, without mentioning U.S. pressure on the island’s regime to bring about political change. Anticipating criticism, he added: "To those who think this is someone else’s fight, I remind you of what General (Lázaro) Cárdenas said during the Bay of Pigs invasion: ‘It is not right to advocate indifference toward their heroic struggle, because their fate is ours.’” López Obrador called for donations to a civil association’s bank account to fund humanitarian aid for the island. “I invite everyone to deposit funds into Banorte account 1358451779 of the civil association Humanidad con América Latina, opened by citizens, writers, and journalists to purchase food, medicine, oil, and gasoline, and to help the Cuban people. “Let everyone contribute what they can!” he concluded. This is the third message the former president has posted on the social media platform X since leaving office in October 2024. The previous one was in support of the Venezuelan regime, and the first was to promote his book *Grandeza*. In response, on Sunday the 15th, Miguel Díaz-Canel wrote to him: "Thank you, dear brother. On behalf of Cuba, I will never tire of thanking Mexico for its generous solidarity and support for the heroic resistance of the Cuban people.“ ”And we will never forget your constant and decisive support for strengthening that cherished friendship," he noted. The former president lives in his private estate in Palenque, Chiapas, where he reportedly leads a life focused on exercise, writing, and rest. During his term, López Obrador signed an agreement under which Havana sent more than 1,000 doctors to work in Mexico, purchased medicines and vaccines from the regime, and expanded and regularized oil shipments to the island, which by 2025 had become the main source of hydrocarbons for the Cuban regime. Last Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum welcomed Díaz-Canel’s announcement that his regime is in talks with the U.S., after weeks of denying that such contacts existed. “How wonderful,” Sheinbaum said when asked about the Cuban leader’s statements. “Mexico will always promote peace and diplomatic dialogue, especially in the face of this injustice that has been inflicted on the Cuban people for many years through the embargo, which has caused a series of problems,” she told reporters during her daily press conference. But when asked if her government had found a way to continue sending oil to Cuba, Sheinbaum said, “We are looking for different alternatives.” The last shipment of Mexican oil arrived on the island in January. But after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries making such shipments, the shipments ceased. Instead, Sheinbaum’s government has sent several ships carrying food to Cuba. The distribution of that aid has been the subject of controversy after the Mexican media outlet Azteca TV reported from Havana that donated goods were being sold by authorities in dollar stores, a claim the regime dismissed as false.