Mexico sends aid to Cuba while navigating US pressure
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Mexico is sending two navy ships packed with humanitarian aid to Cuba as the island nation struggles with severe fuel shortages. Also, on Sunday, the Israeli security cabinet agreed on new policies for the occupied West Bank that would make it easier for Jewish settlers to acquire Palestinian land. And, in Colombia's La Guajira region, new programs are helping the Wayuu people reinvigorate their traditional foods. Plus, in Spain, children under 16 might soon see apps like TikTok and Instagram go dark on their screens.
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| 0:00.0 | The U.S. is trying to keep oil from getting to Cuba. That is putting pressure on Mexico. |
| 0:09.9 | Mexican governments had a sort of heavier cake and eat it two policy towards Cuba. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Marco Wurman today. The complicated triangle between Mexico, Cuba and the U.S. |
| 0:19.8 | Also on the show, a new policy from Israel's security cabinet |
| 0:22.6 | could have huge implications for the whole region. |
| 0:25.6 | Many people see it as the beginning of the officially taking over the West Bank. |
| 0:31.6 | And Bad Bunny Super Bowl show turned a utility pole |
| 0:34.6 | into a symbol of Puerto Rican electricity dysfunction. |
| 0:38.3 | The grid is very bad. We now have 30% more outages than three years ago, so it continues |
| 0:44.4 | to fail repeatedly. Plus, the French clown who made people cry. |
| 0:50.3 | You were not funny. All that and more today on the world. |
| 0:58.8 | This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for making it today. |
| 1:02.6 | Carolyn Beeler is on assignment this week. Two Mexican Navy ships are on their way to Cuba. |
| 1:07.7 | They're carrying more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid, but they don't have |
| 1:11.7 | what Cuba needs most, oil. Basic services have screeched to a halt on the island because of |
| 1:17.2 | severe fuel shortages. The Trump administration says Havana acts as a safe harbor for American |
| 1:22.4 | enemies like Russia and Iran, and therefore any country providing oil to Cuba should be punished with tariffs. |
| 1:29.1 | That's put Mexico in a tight spot. |
| 1:31.5 | Arturo Sauru Khan is a former ambassador from Mexico to the U.S. |
| 1:34.7 | When we spoke today, he told me why. |
| 1:36.8 | Mexico had become the largest oil provider for Cuba since last year, |
| 1:42.1 | and more so after the extraction of Nicolas Maluro. For the previous Mexican |
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