Mexico’s AMLO Rallies Cuba Aid Amid Fresh Protests on Island

As protests in Cuba over the lack of electricity and food entered their second night, Mexico’s former president launched a fundraising campaign to aid a nation he says is being “exterminated for its ideals of liberty and the defense of its sovereignty.”

The plea from former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador — a staunch Cuba ally who left office in 2024 — comes as Donald Trump’s administration has been tightening the screws on the island, imposing an almost total fuel blockade that has been exacerbating already hours-long blackouts.