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López Obrador assures that US funding to opposition NGOs violates Mexican sovereignty

López Obrador assures that US funding to opposition NGOs violates Mexican sovereignty

the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorconsidered a violation of the country’s sovereignty the financing by United States to civil organizations that he considers to be in opposition to his government, in a new demand for Washington to stop doing so.

The ruler’s comment comes amid friction between the two nations over a constitutional reform of the electricity sector promoted by him and questioned by US authorities who allege that it could contravene the North American trade agreement, T-MEC, which Mexico denies. .

“It is a shame for any government in the world, to get into the internal life of another country,” said the president at his daily press conference. “It is a lawsuit that we have pending because it is an interventionist act of violation of our sovereignty,” he added.

Last May, the Government sent a diplomatic note to Washington that was never answered to protest the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the organization Mexicans against Corruption and Impunity. (MCCI).

López Obrador has harshly attacked journalists in recent days after the publication of articles that compromise his administration, drawing criticism for Mexico being one of the most dangerous countries to practice the trade, with 150 murdered since 2000, five so far. of year.

MCCI and journalist Carlos Loret de Mola, from the Latinus portal, published in January a joint investigation into a house in Texas rented by a son of the ruler that belonged to a former executive of a firm that does business with the Mexican state oil company Pemex.

The president has assured that his son, to whom the report also awards an ostentatious mansion in Houston, has no influence in his government and has explained that apparently it is his wife who “has money.”

USAID published a summary of its activities in Mexico in May 2021, detailing that it was financing MCCI with US$2.25 million in “investigative journalism,” among other areas. The organization clarified that the resources it receives are protected by law and are consistent with its corporate purpose.

Although López Obrador says he has a “very good” relationship with the United States, his reform of the electricity sector has provoked expressions of concern from the Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, and the special envoy for the Climate, John Kerry.

The controversial legal initiative, which critics say would undermine investment in wind and solar energy, could be approved before May, a prominent deputy from the ruling Morena party said last week.

Source: Gestion

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