A tanker carrying between 85,000 and 90,000 barrels of oil arrived in Havana from Mexico amid growing tensions with the US over the shipments after the fall of Venezuela’s ousted President Nicolás Maduro last week.

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for members of the press, with more than 150 journalists murdered since 1994, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said homicides have fallen 40% since she took office, evidence, she says, that her organized crime strategy is working. But analysts cast doubt on the accuracy of the data.

Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S.

Human Resources Mexico (HRM), an Employer of Record operating exclusively in Mexico, has been monitoring the proposal closely due to its potential impact on day-to-day employment administration. In EOR-managed structures, working hours are a core compliance element that affects employment contracts, overtime eligibility, and payroll execution.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the U.S. abduction of Nicolás Maduro and criticized President Trump's aggressive foreign policy in Latin America as threatening the stability of the hemisphere.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 with the epicenter near the Pacific coast resort town of Acapulco.

Mexico's daily murder rate has fallen nearly 40% from where it was when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, government officials said on Thursday, citing preliminary statistics. The daily homicide average in December 2025 was 52.

Porfirio Diaz's Plan of Tuxtepec, launched 150 years ago today, would bring Mexico a 30-year dictatorship of the sort Díaz had vowed to end.