Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum emphasized this Sunday, during the presentation of a national report marking two years since her electoral victory, that Mexico does not “accept interference” and questioned the United States’ “legitimate interest” in actually helping the country, calling on the population to defend the homeland.
Who decides in Mexico: big economic interests or the people? “We are going to defend the sovereignty and independence of Mexico, we are going to defend the transformation,” the president declared during a massive rally at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, attended by thousands of supporters and politicians.
In her speech, broadcast in 31 states across the country, the head of the Executive Branch invited Mexican society to “hold informational assemblies, distribute flyers and newspapers” to “inform the people that the homeland is not for sale, the homeland is to be loved and defended” and that in “Mexico, we, the Mexican people, decide.”
In addition to focusing her message on the results achieved in 20 months of government, Sheinbaum criticized the recent and increasing pressure from the United States on Mexico regarding extradition and organized crime, as occurred with the U.S. indictment of 10 Mexican officials, including the governor of the state of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya.
“Is this truly a legitimate, genuine interest in helping Mexico?” “Is it truly a legitimate interest to combat organized crime, or are we perhaps witnessing how far-right sectors are using our country to position themselves for the 2026 elections?” she questioned.
“These are not rhetorical questions: Mexico is nobody’s punching bag,” she declared after railing against possible U.S. intervention in the 2027 federal elections in Mexico, where legislative and executive positions will be up for election.
She also asserted that since April 19, when the deaths of two U.S. agents “without official accreditation” in the Mexican state of Chihuahua were made public, an “offensive” social media campaign by the international right wing against her government has “intensified.”
“Behind them are national and international conservative sectors, which never accepted that Mexico recovered its dignity or decided to fully exercise its independence,” she explained.
As part of this accountability exercise, which she issued even though she was not constitutionally obligated to do so, Sheinbaum maintained a message of continuity. in light of the projects of her predecessor and founder of the ruling party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024).
“Nearly 36 million Mexicans placed their hope, their trust, and their decision to continue advancing along the path of transformation initiated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the ballot box,” the president said.
Part of her speech focused on highlighting achievements in the economic, energy, social, health, and security sectors, although she paid particular attention to the economic results.
She emphasized that, despite “the difficult international circumstances marked by a change in the tariff policy of the United States government and the war in Iran,” the Mexican economy “remains stable and is progressing.”
She also highlighted the record in foreign direct investment that the country reached during the first quarter of the year, with $23.591 billion, 10.4% more than in 2015.
She also pointed to the creation of 669,000 jobs as an achievement. Job creation, the “highest number of formal jobs in all of Mexico’s history,” and the fact that the Mexican peso “is the second-best performing currency against the US dollar” globally.
The president’s message comes at a tense time for the ruling party, which recently renewed its leadership and is undergoing internal adjustments in preparation for the 2027 federal elections.
Sheinbaum, the first female president in Mexico’s history, came to power with 35.92 million votes, a figure that solidified her as the candidate with the highest number of votes cast in the country’s recent history, with 59.7%, surpassing her predecessor López Obrador by more than six points, who obtained 53.1% of the vote in the 2018 elections.
Source: msn
