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An official document from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs reveals that the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) authorized 588 million pesos —over 34 million dollars— to finance the second phase of the Sembrando Vida program in Cuba, according to an investigation published by the media outlet Información Privilegiada and disseminated on Saturday.
The document ECI/0472/2026, dated March 31, 2026, formalizes a "Resource Donation Agreement" entered into by Bancomext, the SRE, AMEXCID, and the Banco del Bienestar, with the stated objective of supporting the "Second Phase of Sembrando Vida in the Republic of Cuba."
The authorization was approved on February 25, 2026, during the First Extraordinary Session of the Technical Committee of the Trust, as stated in the document itself.
The same order specifies additional payments to the company Dragon Charge, S.A. de C.V. totaling one million 479,600 pesos, corresponding to two invoices, to be deposited into a Banorte account.
According to the research, Dragon Charge would be linked to operations related to the Chinese brand BYD, a manufacturer of electric vehicles with a presence in Mexico and Latin America.
This connection with Chinese capital has raised concerns about a possible evasion of the economic sanctions that Washington has imposed on Cuba, in the context of increasing pressures from the Trump administration.
The document was leaked by the Guacamaya Leaks account on the social network X, which described it as "the gift of 588 million pesos to Cuba for the diversion of resources called Sembrando Vida" and accused the foreign ministry and President Claudia Sheinbaum of "giving away the heritage of the Mexicans."
The revelation occurs amidst escalating tensions between the United States and Cuba. Since January, the Trump administration has intensified pressure on Havana with oil restrictions, and on May 1, it signed a third executive order expanding sanctions on the Cuban energy, defense, mining, and finance sectors.
Mexico suspended its crude oil shipments to Cuba in January — which accounted for 44% of Cuba’s imports — but the Sheinbaum administration has maintained and expanded humanitarian support to the island, sending at least five ships with over 3,100 tons of aid since February 2026.
The Mexican leader has reiterated that her country is "a free and sovereign nation" and will continue to send humanitarian aid to Cuba despite warnings from Washington, while Díaz-Canel has responded to Trump's threats stating that he will not allow a U.S. intervention on the island.
The revelation of funding has reignited criticism in Mexico for allocating public resources to international programs while internal issues such as insecurity, shortages of medications, and inadequate infrastructure persist, amidst a context of growing debate over Sheinbaum's foreign policy towards Cuba.
The document was signed by José Martín Rivera, Administrative Director of AMEXCID, and Flavio Alejandro Martínez Castañeda, General Director of Special Projects and International Cooperation Funds of the same agency, which confirms the official nature of the leaked document.
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