Katie Silver

Reports suggest multiple tankers carrying Russian fuel are en route to Cuba, the first due to arrive Monday.

Mexico has also indicated it is trying to find ways to resume selling oil to Cuba, a

after stopping early this year due to U.S.

pressure.

For NPR News, I'm Katie Silver in Mexico City.

The state-owned Union Electrica said Cuba's grid had a, quote, total disconnection on Saturday.

It also happened this past Monday and earlier this month.

The Caribbean island's infrastructure has been crippled after Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba and threatened tariffs on any country that it provides fuel.

Reports suggest multiple tankers carrying Russian fuel are en route to Cuba, the first to arrive Monday.

Mexico has also indicated it is trying to find ways to resume selling oil to Cuba.

after stopping early this year due to U.S.

pressure.

For NPR News, I'm Katie Silver in Mexico City.

The state-owned Union Electrica said Cuba's grid had a, quote, total disconnection on Saturday.

It also happened this past Monday and earlier this month.

The Caribbean island's infrastructure has been crippled after Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba and threatened tariffs on any country that it provides fuel.

Reports suggest multiple tankers carrying Russian fuel are en route to Cuba, the first due to arrive Monday.

Mexico has also indicated it is trying to find ways to resume selling oil to Cuba after stopping earlier this year due to US pressure.

For NPR News, I'm Katie Silver in Mexico City.

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico is sovereign to have a trade agreement with any country in the world and that it can provide humanitarian aid to Cubans who are, quote, suffering so much.