By Cesar Reyes
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, This Thursday he thanked his predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), for the letter in which he denounced the “interference” attitude of US Government officials. in order to “strengthen” the right-wing Mexican opposition.
“I truly appreciate your support and what you say about me (…) I fought with López Obrador for years. In the campaign I said let the transformation continue”declared the president, in her daily press conference from Mexico City.
Sheinbaum’s reaction is absorbed after his predecessor expressed the day before – in an extensive letter – his “unconditional” support for the ruler and accused members of the White House of carrying out an “onslaught” against the Latin American country to “return to a surrendering, corrupt, mafia-like and merciless government.”
In this regard, the head of state said that what was reported by Andrés Manuel López Obrador “it has to do” with the “offensive” and the “very strong campaign” that, in his opinion, Mexico is suffering and that binds “a part” of the US Administration.
“It comes, from my point of view, from the most right-wing and far-right sectors in the United States, linked to a part of the Government (…) They want to use Mexico as part of their rhetoric in the (November) election, and to ally themselves with the far-right in Mexico for the 2027 election,” Sheinbaum insisted.
In this sense, The president defended that “we are living in times of definitions” and vindicated the figure of her political mentor.
However, he reiterated that “we have the right to doubt” Washington’s intentions due to the “interferences under the pretext of drug trafficking” that occurred in the past.
The message from López Obrador, who promised to withdraw from public life after the end of his mandate, is the fourth he has spread on the social network since he left power in October 2024. The previous ones were in support of Venezuela and Cuba, and to promote his book ‘Greatness’.
The former president’s letter coincided with the Los Angeles Times publication that Washington withdrew the visas of the Mexican governors of the states of Sonora and Tamaulipas (both in the north) due to an alleged investigation against them in that country. EFE
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