"Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum backed a plea by former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to raise funds for Cuba, amid an energy and economic blockade imposed by the United States. During an event in the town of Compostela, Nayarit on Sunday, the Mexican leader noted the grave challenges Cubans face due to the US measures and declared that support will continue. "For many years the people of Cuba have endured the United States and other countries imposing a blockade and not allowing goods to be delivered. Recently, they imposed another blockade so that oil would not be delivered, and our Cuban brothers are suffering, and they are a close brotherly people," she said. "We will continue supporting the people of Cuba." She noted it would be difficult to send oil, so aid will be sent instead. "That thinking is called Mexican humanism, and it has two pillars: one that comes from the greatness of the indigenous peoples, which is the essence of who we are as Mexicans. Mexicans are fraternal, we are supportive," she explained. On Saturday, former president Lopez Obrador reappeared on social media with a message in support of Cuba, explaining that "it hurts me that they seek to exterminate the brotherly people of Cuba" and calling for donations to help the island. In response, the president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, thanked the "generous solidarity and accompaniment" of Mexico with "the heroic resistance of the Cuban people," and thanked Obrador for his "permanent and decisive support to strengthen that endearing friendship.""