President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to put tariffs on countries that provide oil to Cuba — putting pressure on Mexico.
The executive order came hours after a phone call between Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has been vague about whether or not her country is still shipping oil to Cuba.
Sheinbaum has repeated that her country’s decision whether or not to send oil to the island nation is sovereign, and she says she and Trump did not discuss Cuba on their recent phone call.
Mexico has in the past shipped significant amounts of oil to Cuba, which is dependent on oil from allies such as Mexico. Sheinbaum told reporters that the Trump administration’s decision to put tariffs on countries that ship oil to Cuba could lead to a humanitarian crisis on the island.
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A decision from the United Nations’ cultural preservation body, UNESCO, calls for a mission to the Sonora desert nature reserve to assess the impacts of the border wall. -
The investment goes toward modernizing the around 55 mile long stretch between the Lukeville-Sonoyta border crossing into Arizona and Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point. -
Mexico’s environmental protection agency is cleaning up more than 3,000 gallons of sulfuric acid that spilled when a tractor trailer overturned on a highway not far from the Arizona border. -
Sonora’s cattle ranchers’ union says the border will reopen to live cattle after a “technical problem” is resolved. -
The newly inaugurated Plaza de las Buscadoras features a statue of a woman searching for the remains of a missing loved one with a shovel.
