#Latam🧿Localizan las dos embarcaciones que desaparecieron cuando llevaban ayuda a Cuba
Dos veleros civiles que transportaban ayuda humanitaria desde México a Cuba y que habían sido reportados como desaparecidos fueron localizados este sábado por la Marina mexicana, que confirmó que sus tripulaciones se encuentran a salvo, informó Reuters que cita a un portavoz del convoy Nuestra América.
Mexican External Relations Secretariat Demands US Investigate Death of Mexican Citizen in ICE Custody
This article by Arturo Sánchez Jiménez originally appeared in the March 28, 2026 edition of [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/28/politica/sre-exige-a-eu-investigar-muerte-de-mexicano-bajo-custodia-del-ice] La Jornada [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/28/politica/sre-exige-a-eu-investigar-muerte-de-mexicano-bajo-custodia-del-ice], Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. Mexico City. The Secretariat of External Relations (SRE) last night demanded an investigation into the Adelanto immigration processing center in California, following the death of a Mexican national on the night of March 25 while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). With this case, to date 14 Mexicans have lost their lives in ICE custody or in immigration operations during President Donald Trump’s second term. According to the agency, the Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino was notified by immigration authorities that the national was transferred to a hospital in Victorville, where he died; so far, the cause of death has not been officially determined. The consular office activated the appropriate protocol and contacted the family of the deceased to provide assistance and support. It is also in communication with U.S. authorities to obtain the complete medical records, the cause of death, and the circumstances surrounding it, with the aim of fully clarifying the facts. The Secretariat of External Relations reiterated its call to the responsible authorities to prevent these cases from continuing and demanded an immediate review of the Adelanto center, pointing to “serious omissions and evident deficiencies in the provision of medical care to people in its custody.” The External Relations Secretariat stressed that the Mexican government will exhaust all legal and diplomatic avenues to raise awareness of the problem and closely monitor this case, and reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the protection and dignity of Mexican nationals abroad. * Mexican External Relations Secretariat Demands US Investigate Death of Mexican Citizen in ICE Custody [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/fuck-ice-car-large-1024x615.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-external-relations-secretariat-demands-us-investigate-death-of-mexican-citizen-in-ice-custody/ News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Mexican External Relations Secretariat Demands US Investigate Death of Mexican Citizen in ICE Custody [https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-external-relations-secretariat-demands-us-investigate-death-of-mexican-citizen-in-ice-custody/] March 28, 2026 14 Mexican citizens have lost their lives in ICE custody or in immigration operations during President Donald Trump’s second term. * Mexican Navy Locates Two Sailboats Carrying Aid to Cuba [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cuba-flotilla-boats-tiger-moth-friends-ship-large-1024x632.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-navy-locates-two-sailboats-carrying-aid-to-cuba/ News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Mexican Navy Locates Two Sailboats Carrying Aid to Cuba [https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-navy-locates-two-sailboats-carrying-aid-to-cuba/] March 28, 2026 “The convoy is still en route to complete its mission: to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to the Cuban people,” said Nuestra America’s spokesman, who thanked Mexican and Cuban authorities for their “support, coordination and professionalism.” * PEMEX & Energy Security in the Face of the International Crisis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pemex-retro-patria-large-1024x663.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/pemex-energy-security-in-the-face-of-the-international-crisis/ Analysis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/analysis/] #### PEMEX & Energy Security in the Face of the International Crisis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/pemex-energy-security-in-the-face-of-the-international-crisis/] March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 In Mexico, energy is a public good provided by the State to ensure the continuity, reliability, accessibility, affordability, and sustainability of fuel and electricity supply as pillars of development. The post Mexican External Relations Secretariat Demands US Investigate Death of Mexican Citizen in ICE Custody [https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-external-relations-secretariat-demands-us-investigate-death-of-mexican-citizen-in-ice-custody/] appeared first on Mexico Solidarity Media [https://mexicosolidarity.com/]. — From Mexico Solidarity Media [https://mexicosolidarity.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://mexicosolidarity.com/feed/].
#Latam🧿Luchemos en América Latina por la derrota imperialista-sionista en Irán y en apoyo al pueblo palestino.
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Mexican Navy Locates Two Sailboats Carrying Aid to Cuba
This article by Gustavo Castillo originally appeared in the March 28, 2026 edition of [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/28/mundo/localizados-los-dos-veleros-con-ayuda-a-cuba-que-estaban-reportados-como-extraviados] La Jornada [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/28/mundo/localizados-los-dos-veleros-con-ayuda-a-cuba-que-estaban-reportados-como-extraviados], Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. Havana. The two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid that disappeared en route to Cuba have been located and their crews are “safe,” organizers of the convoy said Saturday, adding that the mission is continuing. This was also confirmed by the Mexican Navy (Semar) in a statement. Since Thursday, the Navy had deployed an operation to find the whereabouts of these boats that had departed a week ago from Isla Mujeres, in the southeast of the country. The ships were part of an international convoy that wants to send 50 tons of medical supplies, food, solar panels and other goods to the needy Cuban population. The Mexican Navy (Semar) reported that an aircraft located “the catamaran-type vessels that were being searched for in the Caribbean.” “They were located 80 nautical miles northwest of Havana, Cuba.” [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-132.png] After locating the vessels, a Navy ship “is heading to the area to provide support. Radio communication is being maintained” with the vessels that departed from Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, on March 20, he said. A spokesperson for the Nuestra America convoy confirmed the location: “We are relieved to confirm that the two sailboats have been located by the Mexican Navy. The crews are safe and the ships are continuing their journey to Havana.” “The convoy is still en route to complete its mission: to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to the Cuban people,” said the spokesman, who thanked Mexican and Cuban authorities for their “support, coordination and professionalism.” Contradictory Communications On the eve of the incident, conflicting statements from Mexico and the United States generated further uncertainty about the fate of the two sailboats [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/27/mundo/estados-unidos-afirma-que-dos-veleros-que-partieron-de-mexico-a-cuba-con-ayuda-llegaron-sanos-y-salvos], named Friend Ship and Tiger Moth. Earlier in the day, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had declared that the “search” for the two boats was continuing. A Mexican navy ship “made contact with them and after a few hours lost contact,” the president explained at a press conference in Mexico City. However, at approximately the same time, the United States Coast Guard told AFP that “it had received a report at 10:36 (08:36 Central Mexico time) that the two vessels transited safely to Cuba.” Later, the same service issued another statement clarifying that it is not participating in the search, which is being led by the Mexican Navy and Cuban authorities. As evening fell, Cuban and Mexican authorities had not confirmed a sighting of the vessels. “From our country we are doing everything possible in the search and rescue of these brothers in arms,” said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. The Mexican navy did not specify the identity or nationalities of the crew members, but stressed that it was maintaining communication with rescue agencies in Poland, France, Cuba and the United States. The Huasteco ship, from the Mexican navy, arrived in Havana this Friday from Mexico with 111 tons of food and other donations collected by Mexican civil organizations, Cuban television reported. This is the fourth shipment of humanitarian aid sent to the island since mid-February by the Sheinbaum government, which has already delivered more than three thousand tons of supplies to the country, such as milk, meat products, beans, rice and personal hygiene items. “Mexico and the president of Mexico have no idea how many Cubans would like to personally thank their president for everything she has done for Cuba during these times,” Díaz-Canel said in an interview he gave Thursday to the Mexican newspaper La Jornada [https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexico-is-the-sister-land-that-has-always-stood-by-cuba-in-good-times-bad/]. * Mexican Navy Locates Two Sailboats Carrying Aid to Cuba [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cuba-flotilla-boats-tiger-moth-friends-ship-large-1024x632.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-navy-locates-two-sailboats-carrying-aid-to-cuba/ News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Mexican Navy Locates Two Sailboats Carrying Aid to Cuba [https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-navy-locates-two-sailboats-carrying-aid-to-cuba/] March 28, 2026 “The convoy is still en route to complete its mission: to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to the Cuban people,” said Nuestra America’s spokesman, who thanked Mexican and Cuban authorities for their “support, coordination and professionalism.” * PEMEX & Energy Security in the Face of the International Crisis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pemex-retro-patria-large-1024x663.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/pemex-energy-security-in-the-face-of-the-international-crisis/ Analysis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/analysis/] #### PEMEX & Energy Security in the Face of the International Crisis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/pemex-energy-security-in-the-face-of-the-international-crisis/] March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 In Mexico, energy is a public good provided by the State to ensure the continuity, reliability, accessibility, affordability, and sustainability of fuel and electricity supply as pillars of development. * People’s Mañanera March 27 [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/claudia-sheinbaum-press-conference-october-30-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/peoples-mananera-march-27/ Mañanera [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/mananera/] #### People’s Mañanera March 27 [https://mexicosolidarity.com/peoples-mananera-march-27/] March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on disappearances, Cuba, and the US military crossing into Nogales, Sonora. 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Díaz-Canel: US Anger is Result of Failure to Control Cuba
On Friday, US President Donald Trump stated that following the Pentagon’s attacks on Venezuela and Iran, “Cuba is next” on the list. “Sometimes you have to use force, and Cuba is next,” Trump said during a speech for the Future Investment Initiative summit in Miami, Florida. During his address, he ironically requested that the media “please” ignore the statement. The US president recalled his recent deployment of the US Army, specifically the elite Pentagon unit Delta Force, to bomb the Venezuelan capital and kidnap President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Deputy Cilia Flores, in January. This followed months of maritime siege that included extrajudicial killings by the US Southern Command in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific. “Cuba is next,” Trump reiterated at the forum, before pivoting to anti-immigration rhetoric and defending his “America for Americans” policies. Trump’s statements follow an announcement by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that his country had decided to engage in a “collective” dialogue with the US. However, the Cuban leader clarified that the island’s political system “is not at stake.” “Our political system and any decision that belongs to our people are not at stake,” Díaz-Canel stated in an interview with La Jornada. He emphasized that the future of Havana “does not depend on the US,” a country he described as having always longed “to take over Cuba.” Díaz-Canel interview In the interview, President Díaz-Canel stated that the US regime’s greatest failure in 67 years of the Cuban revolution has been its inability to seize control of the island. The Cuban president explained that this failure has fueled a sense of anger, manifesting in a tightened embargo since 2019, including more than 240 measures implemented during the first phase of the Trump regime, as reported [https://www.telesurtv.net/diaz-canel-no-haber-podido-apoderarse-cuba-provoca-ira-eeuu/] by Telesur. Díaz-Canel condemned the inclusion of Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which has effectively cut off its international financing channels. He also highlighted a recent executive order threatening to impose tariffs on countries supplying oil to the island. This measure has resulted in Cuba receiving no fuel for nearly four months, subsequently triggering a collapse of the national electricity grid. > Venezuela’s Presidential Couple Appear in New York Court; Judge Questions Legitimacy of Legal Fee Freeze [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-presidential-couple-appear-in-new-york-court-judge-questions-legitimacy-of-legal-fee-freeze/] “On January 29, an executive order was issued declaring Cuba an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat’ to the security of the United States. It is another slander, another completely fabricated claim,” the Díaz-Canel stated. According to the Cuban president, the energy blockade constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, the human rights of the Cuban people, and the very logic of the free market. “They, who talk so much about free trade and the free market, are imposing on us an energy blockade that is criminal,” he concluded. (RT [https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/595727-trump-cuba-siguiente]) with Orinoco Tribune content Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/JRE/SF — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
Protests in Venezuela and US Demand Freedom for Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores
Simultaneous marches were held in Caracas and New York on Thursday, March 26, demanding the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, who are being illegally held captive in the United States. In New York City and Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, hundreds of banners flew with a single slogan, “Free the Venezuelan presidential couple.” On Thursday, during the presidential couple’s second hearing, people from different nationalities gathered near the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. There, with banners in hand, protesters chanted slogans demanding the release of Maduro and Flores, who were kidnapped from Caracas in the early hours of January 3 by US soldiers. In Caracas, from very early Thursday, people gathered in Plaza Bolívar, the capital city’s main square. In that emblematic place, near the statue of Liberator Simón Bolívar, a large screen displayed details about the illegal trial against the presidential couple. At every moment, in unison, the crowd chanted: “May the drums sound, release Maduro and Cilia Flores,” and “Nicolás and Cilia are our family.” Aggression and judicial abuse Oscar Benítez, one of the marchers, told Diario VEA, “I am a social organizer, a member of the Agrourbano Movement, and we are here to uphold our dignity, our Venezuelan, revolutionary, and peasant identity.” Benítez and his comrades were in Plaza Bolívar to demand the release of the presidential couple. “We also demand that their rights be respected. He is the constitutionally elected president of all Venezuelans. Those two were forcibly taken from our territory, violating our sovereignty,” he said. “Since January 3, Nicolás and Cilia have been victims of persecution, aggression, and judicial abuse by the United States under the instructions of Donald Trump,” Benítez added. A protester in Caracas holds a poster of the Venezuelan presidential couple, with the slogan #BringThemBack, demanding their release from US imprisonment. Photo: Telesur. [https://ikona.telesurtv.net/content/uploads/2026/03/photo-7-2026-03-26-13-11-24-1024x682.jpg.webp] A protester in Caracas holds a poster of the Venezuelan presidential couple, with the slogan #BringThemBack, demanding their release from US imprisonment. Photo: Telesur. “Free them” “We just want them to release our President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores,” said Luis Dávila, marching in Plaza Bolívar. “Here in Venezuela, and in many cities around the world, today, people are demanding their release. They are victims of a kidnapping by the US military and then by a court that keeps them detained despite having no evidence or reasons for them to be in those conditions.” He added that Venezuela has clearly demonstrated that it is a nation that loves peace and respects international law. “Based on these two premises, we demand the release of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores,” Dávila said. “There is no justification for keeping them behind bars. Both the court and the judge handling the case know that they have no solid arguments to keep them detained, and yet, the injustice against Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores continues.” Illegal trial Orlando Vegas emphasized that he was in Plaza Bolívar “to repudiate the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores. More than two months have passed since they were forcibly kidnapped in violation of all international law. I express my condemnation of Donald Trump and his regime.” “That vile act committed by the Trump Cartel and his war partner Netanyahu—because Zionism cannot be separated from imperialism—was an action against the Venezuelan people to seize our resources,” Vegas highlighted. “On January 3, they attacked us militarily in the most cowardly way. They killed over 100 people, including 32 Cuban internationalists who were safeguarding President Maduro.” “They also bombed Aragua, La Guaira, Caracas, and Miranda—killing Venezuelans,” he added. “They killed both civilians and military personnel equally. For all those reasons, we are here to demand justice and the release of Maduro and Cilia Flores.” Regarding the trial against Nicolás Maduro, Vegas said it is completely illegal. “Our president was kidnapped. We cannot overlook that. The head of state of a constitutionally elected government in full exercise was kidnapped,” he stressed. “Therefore, all the actions that have taken place from January 3 to date, from a legal standpoint, are illegal.” “We demand their freedom” Nancy Mogollón, a participant in the march in Caracas, said that she would speak on behalf of all Venezuelan women. “Here, we all are supporting the swift release of President Maduro and Cilia Flores,” she said. She added that no person who was born in Venezuela or has been living in the country for a while “can forget what was done to us on January 3, when we were invaded by US troops, who kidnapped President Maduro along with Cilia.” “We will remain in the streets and in every community to demand their release,” Mogollón emphasized. “The US justice system itself has invented ‘evidence’ and accusations because they have nothing solid with which to charge them. The judge has dismissed so-called evidence against the two of them because, deep down, they know they have not committed any crime.” Part of the march in Plaza Bolívar, Caracas. Photo: Telesur. [https://ikona.telesurtv.net/content/uploads/2026/03/photo-13-2026-03-26-13-11-24-1024x682.jpg.webp] Part of the march in Plaza Bolívar, Caracas. Photo: Telesur. Solidarity from Brazil Carlos Rogelio Núñez, who lives in Brazil, attended the act of solidarity and support for the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Núñez is a member of the board of the Workers’ Central of Brazil. “We are here in the Liberator Simón Bolívar Square to express the solidarity of the people, the workers, and unions of Brazil against the United States’ injustice against President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.” “The workers of Brazil condemn the various forms of violence that the United States has been committing against the people of Venezuela. As unions, we want Maduro and Cilia to return to their homeland once again,” he emphasized. > Venezuela’s Presidential Couple Appear in New York Court; Judge Questions Legitimacy of Legal Fee Freeze [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-presidential-couple-appear-in-new-york-court-judge-questions-legitimacy-of-legal-fee-freeze/] Protesters in the US demand freedom for Venezuelan presidential couple Social movements and organizations around the world, including in Egypt, Brazil, Colombia, Belarus, and the United States, have launched the international campaign #BringThemBack. The campaign condemns the imprisonment of President Maduro and Cilia Flores as arbitrary and demands the presidential couple’s return. In New York, activists carried out mobilizations aimed at bringing visibility to the case within the United States, expanding the conflict into the realm of global public opinion. These expressions indicate the internationalization of the conflict, where social and political actors dispute the narrative about the legitimacy of the ongoing judicial process. Protesters in New York demand the release of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores from US imprisonment. Photo: Telesur. [https://ikona.telesurtv.net/content/uploads/2026/03/eeuu-5-jpg-1024x768.jpeg.webp] Protesters in New York demand the release of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores from US imprisonment. Photo: Telesur. From the early hours of Thursday, protesters camped outside the New York court where President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were to appear. According to the protesters, the kidnapping of Maduro and Flores represents a precedent in international relations, as it involves the unlawful capture of a sitting head of state through a foreign military invasion. Thursday, March 26, marked almost three months since the kidnapping, and the presidential couple’s second hearing was held in a climate of deep legal controversy. A declassified secret memorandum, dated days before the invasion, revealed that the US Department of Justice used the narrative of the non-existent Cartel de los Soles to justify the military aggression. However, these claims have lost strength as they were dropped from the formal charges. The omission of these charges suggests that the legal framework of the US case contains significant cracks, making this trial one of the most atypical and questionable judicial processes in modern history. (Diario VEA [https://diariovea.com.ve/en-caracas-y-nueva-york-exigieron-la-libertad-de-nicolas-maduro-y-cilia-flores/]) by Carlos Batatin, with Orinoco Tribune content Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/SC/SF — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
Venezuela: 310 Released From Prison Under Amnesty Law
The president of the Special Monitoring Commission for the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence, Jorge Arreaza, reported that 8,146 people have been granted full freedom under the Amnesty Law to date. He explained that of the total, 310 had been in prison and were released, while the remaining 7,836 were under alternative measures and benefited from the law. > #26Marz [https://twitter.com/hashtag/26Marz] | La Comisión Especial de Seguimiento para la Ley de Amnistía informa: > > Solicitudes válidas recibidas: 11.559 > > Personas beneficiadas: > – Que estaban privadas de libertad: 310 > – Que tenían medidas cautelares en libertad: 7.836 > > Total Libertades plenas: 8.146 personas pic.twitter.com/ZM68eeZjCf [https://t.co/ZM68eeZjCf] > > — Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) March 26, 2026 [https://twitter.com/jaarreaza/status/2037249449529905215] He further explained that a total of 11,559 valid requests have been received and are being assessed by the competent authorities. On the other hand, Arreaza has explained in multiple press statements that there is a difference between the number of amnesty requests received and those granted because several requests do not comply with the law’s conditions or fall outside its scope. The Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was approved by the National Assembly of Venezuela on February 19. It covers events that occurred from 1999 to the date of the law’s approval. > Venezuela Releases a Total of 245 Prisoners Under Amnesty Law [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuela-releases-a-total-of-245-prisoners-under-amnesty-law/] The request for amnesty under this law can be submitted by the person accused of or charged with an offense, their defense attorney, or the Attorney General’s Office. Article 9 of the Amnesty Law establishes that actions or omissions constituting crimes against humanity, serious human rights violations, and war crimes will be excluded from amnesty. Those involved in intentional homicide, serious injuries, kidnapping, extortion, corruption, and drug trafficking are also excluded from the scope of the law. (Últimas Noticias [https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/politica/bajo-la-ley-de-amnistia-han-sido-otorgadas-8-146-libertades-plenas/]) by Aura Torrealba, with Orinoco Tribune content Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/SC/SF — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
Venezuelan Illegally Held in El Salvador Prison Demands $1.3 Million Compensation From US
León Rengel, a Venezuelan citizen who was deported by the US authorities to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last year, has sued the United States for $1.3 million as compensation. He has become the first Venezuelan deported to a third country to seek compensation from the US. US President Donald Trump’s government systematically denied him his right to due process, claimed without evidence that he was a gang member, and illegally sent him to a foreign prison. Rengel explained to the press that his intention in filing the lawsuit is not to return to the United States. “However, I do want to clear my name. I want to show who I am and explain what happened to me. When people point their fingers at you, life becomes very difficult,” he said. León Rengel was one of the 252 Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador in March 2025. There, they were kept incommunicado after being labeled as “extremely dangerous” criminals belonging to the defunct Tren de Aragua gang. “What happened to the Venezuelans sent to CECOT could happen to anyone, to any migrant in the US,” Rengel commented to a US media outlet. After months of tensions between Venezuela and the US over the immigrants illegally incarcerated in a foreign prison, Rengel, along with the other Venezuelans, finally returned to Venezuela in July 2025 as part of a prisoner exchange deal between the two governments. > Venezuela Receives 411 Repatriated Citizens as US Deportations Continue [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuela-receives-411-repatriated-citizens-as-us-deportations-continue/] León Rengel had entered the US in June 2023, after obtaining an appointment through the CBP One app, an initiative established by former US President Joe Biden. According to court documents, Rengel was awaiting a scheduled immigration court hearing for 2028 and had an active application for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) when he was arrested in March 2025 in Irving, Texas. The lawsuit claims that the US immigration agents ignored the immigration documentation confirming that he was legally in the United States and instead justified his detention by alleging that his tattoos supposedly linked him to the Tren de Aragua gang, classified as a “foreign terrorist organization” by the Trump administration. The legal complaint alleges that Rengel was deceived into being sent to CECOT, where he was subjected to physical and psychological abuse. (Últimas Noticias [https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/politica/venezolano-encarcelado-en-el-cecot-demanda-al-gobierno-de-eeuu-por-u13-millones/]) with Orinoco Tribune content Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/SC/SF — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].
PEMEX & Energy Security in the Face of the International Crisis
This article by Aníbal García Fernández originally appeared in the March 24, 2026 edition of [https://contralinea.com.mx/interno/semana/pemex-seguridad-energetica-ante-la-crisis-internacional/] Revista Contralínea [https://contralinea.com.mx/interno/semana/pemex-seguridad-energetica-ante-la-crisis-internacional/]. Oil is the engine of the world and, particularly, of capitalism. However, it is a finite resource, so finite that some analyses indicate that global oil production has already passed; others place the decline in global production around 2027-2028, and still others until 2040. Mexico has just over nine years of oil reserves and seven years of gas reserves remaining. Therefore, it is important to strengthen energy sovereignty, but even more so, energy security. On March 18, 1938, Mexico opposed the continued privatization of its resources. This date is significant because it marked an international milestone with the expropriation of oil from U.S. companies; it also ended a years-long conflict with oil workers and served as a precedent for future expropriations in other countries. [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-126.png] The oil expropriation is deeply linked to the Mexican Constitution and the application of Article 27. As Lorenzo Meyer mentioned in his book Las raíces del nacionalismo petrolero en México (“The Roots of Oil Nationalism in Mexico”), after the Mexican Revolution the United States government interpreted that, if the 1917 Constitution were implemented, “not only would the material interests of American capitalists have been affected, but even their political hegemony would have been reduced in their still small but growing area of influence.” It is under this interpretation that the application of the Mexican Constitution, from its inception, has served as a bulwark against the hegemony of the neighboring country, as it protects national resources and sovereignty. This explains why successive governments of that nation have made countless efforts to amend it, particularly Article 27, along with Articles 25 and 28, which regulate energy in our country and the economic model. These efforts, of course, include the Mexican political and economic elite who subscribe to these unpatriotic principles. However, energy security is equally important. Its defining element is the relationship between hydrocarbon reserves and production in our country. But it must be clear that energy security goes beyond this, considering energy a public good provided by the State to ensure the continuity, reliability, accessibility, affordability, and sustainability of fuel and electricity supply as pillars of development. Perhaps, as a result of international events, it will become increasingly relevant to consider minerals as part of energy security, but that is another topic for future discussion. [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-131.png] Oil Reserves & Production in Mexico ----------------------------------- Mexico has 9.8 years of oil reserves remaining. According to data from PEMEX’s Directorate of Planning, Coordination, Performance, and Sustainability, proven crude oil reserves in 2024 are 5.293 billion barrels of oil equivalent . Meanwhile, oil production, according to the state-owned company, is 1,485 barrels per day. Therefore, in scenario “A,” where no new reserves are added and the current production rate is maintained, Mexico has oil reserves until 2033. If probable reserves (which have a recovery confidence level of 50 percent or more) are added, and with the same rate of oil production, Mexico has 17 more years . It is important to remember that the country’s oil production peaked in 2004, reaching a maximum output of over 3,380 barrels per day. From then on, production declined, as did reserves, as shown in Figure 1. Chart 1. Crude oil reserves by six-year term [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-127.png] However, the outlook for gas is not so different. Mexico’s reserves are only 7.3 years long, considering proven reserves in 2024 and production for the same year. If probable reserves are included, the national reserves would be 13 years long, that is, until 2037. The main culprits for the loss of sovereignty and energy security are the PRI and PAN governments, which prioritized the export of crude oil, the loss of oil transformation processes, the division of the petrochemical industry, and the division of PEMEX to bankrupt it. To illustrate the above, during the neoliberal period, according to the agency’s data, 562 oil wells were drilled under Carlos Salinas, producing 13.25 million barrels per day; under Ernesto Zedillo, 1,089 wells were drilled, producing 17.486 million barrels per day. However, the extractive focus was on Felipe Calderón — a illegitimate president, as President Sheinbaum has stated — since during his six-year term, 6,211 wells were drilled, and production barely reached 16.146 million barrels per day . With President López Obrador and the program to recover sovereignty, but above all, energy security (a broader concept and just as important as sovereignty), with 1,123 wells, production reached 10 million 581 thousand barrels per day. Figure 2. Wells drilled and oil production by six-year term [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-128.png] Mexico has not made any major oil well discoveries. The last one was Cantarell in the 1970s, and under Andrés Lajous’s administration at Pemex, it was decided to inject nitrogen into it, resulting in a loss of production, and what was once the second largest oil field in the world began to decline. Thus, the graph above shows that with Calderón and Peña Nieto, the two Presidents of the privatizing energy reforms, more oil wells were required and production declined, that is, a loss of productivity was generated. But there is another factor: the decline of oil fields in Mexico. Viewed historically, as shown in the following graph, the country is already in a declining phase. A clear example of this situation is that in 2004, the 200 wells in Cantarell produced more than the 4,255 national wells in 2021. The difference is staggering: they produced 25 times more than in 2021. Figure 3. Number and volume of crude oil and fields discovered (1900-2015) [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-129.png] According to data estimated by UNAM researchers Luca Ferrari and Diana Hernández in their text Hydrocarbons Sector: Historical Evolution, Current Situation, and Scenarios on Energy Sovereignty —published by the then-CONAHCYT in 2024—, in 2000 Cantarell accounted for 60 percent of national production with 200 wells. By 2021, the Ku, Maloob, and Zaap fields, along with the next six highest-producing fields, represented 62 percent, with 356 wells and an average production of 3,033 barrels per day. The remaining 38 percent was covered by 200 fields with 3,899 wells. But the most relevant point is that, in 2000, the relationship between investment and daily barrel yield was considerable. For every million pesos invested, 66 barrels per day were obtained; in 2018, this figure was only 11, an 83 percent reduction; and in 2020, the yield continued to decline, as shown in the following graph . Chart 4. Investment in Pemex for exploration and production and yield in barrels per day extracted for every million pesos invested per year [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-130.png] That’s why a state and a public company that guarantee the oil supply are so important, as is a public policy that views energy as a good and a service, not just a commodity. In fact, PEMEX has a National Strategy for Reactivating Closed Wells with Opportunities dating back to 2025. The Global Energy Crisis ------------------------ The global energy crisis is rarely discussed until significant international events occur, many of them geopolitical in nature. However, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, one news item that went largely unnoticed was that of peak oil. In 2020, Rystad Energy stated that, according to its analysis, global oil demand would reach its maximum of 102 million barrels per day in 2028. Equinor predicted a collapse in production in 2027 or 2028; the French firm Total placed it in 2030; McKinsey in 2033; and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 2040. Beyond the companies’ analyses of international oil production data, the decline in the rate of oil reserve discovery since the 1980s is evident. Between 1981 and 1990, the annual growth rate of international oil reserves was 3.8 percent. The following decade (1991-2000) saw a decrease to 1.9 percent; from 2001 to 2010 it increased to 2.3 percent, before declining again from 2011 to 2020 to 0.3 percent. Easily extracted oil is running out, it is becoming increasingly expensive, the remaining reserves are more contested, and consumption, although it has slowed down, continues to grow; and the dispute pits powers with military and nuclear power against each other. [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pemex-oil-rig.jpg] According to some analyses, our main trading partner, the United States, has six more years of oil left at the production rate and reserves of 2023. And in gas, they still have 20 more years at the production rate and proven reserves of 2024. It is important to remember that our energy matrix relies heavily on natural gas, which is supplied by imports for 74 to 76 percent of our needs. Some of this gas is injected into the energy system to generate electricity, a significant problem of energy dependence resulting from neoliberal policies. In his appearance before the Mexican Congress in 2025, the director of PEMEX, Dr. Víctor Rodríguez Padilla – also an expert in energy security – stated: “The vision of the President of the Republic, who is an expert in climate change and global warming, and all the measures to counteract, prevent, and adapt to climate change, is that the country’s resilience lies in not exceeding 1.8 million barrels per day. Maintaining that level of 1.8 million barrels per day is essential to stabilize income and to safeguard our dwindling oil reserves for the long term. Because, as I was saying, the transition is not easy; it is a long process, and this has been seen in Europe. 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