Claudia Sheinbaum doesn’t exactly sound like a Mexican name (lol), but with around 60% of the vote Mrs Sheinbaum is now the new president of Mexico. Sheinbaum becomes the first woman president of Mexico and the first Jewish leader of a predominantly Catholic nation.
Sheinbaum and current President AMLO are reportedly close political allies, and both represent the Morena party. The outcome of the election appears to have positioned the Morena party for a considerable set of legislative victories, perhaps giving them a super majority. In large part this outcome was driven by the working-class and lower income group who strongly support AMLO.
Keep in mind that AMLO was/is essentially a soft-socialist with a strong nationalist streak. The financial markets do not like the nationalistic aspect to AMLO; Wall Street prefers a multinational corporate politician and a more fascist policy system that is easier to purchase by corporations. The other aspect that put AMLO on the opposite side of the multinationals was his traditional energy policy (cheap and abundant oil and gas).
It seems that Claudia Sheinbaum carries a political outlook similar to AMLO, with the exception of the energy policy. Sheinbaum is more of a climate change, green new deal, renewable energy politician. Sheinbaum’s energy policy outlook gives Suspicious Cat a reason to consider that U.S. IC interests may have put a finger on the scale of the Mexican election.
MEXICO – […] After thanking voters for their support, Sheinbaum emphasized the historical moment. “For the first time in 200 years of the Republic, I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” she told supporters.
“We have achieved a plural, diverse and democratic Mexico,” Sheinbaum said. “Although many Mexicans do not fully agree with our project, we will have to walk in peace and harmony to continue building a fair and more prosperous Mexico.”
Her party, Morena, is expected to have a majority in the legislature, according to projections by the electoral agency. Such a majority would allow her to approve constitutional changes that have eluded current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (read more)
Considering that AMLO was not in alignment with Joe Biden, this transition will be interesting to watch play out….
CTH will keep repeating the words, WATCH MEXICO. Ever since Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador confronted Joe Biden in the oval office about energy policy, things have increasingly escalated.
Remember, Mexico did not join the Build Back Better suicide mission, or the sanctions against Russia.
Keep in mind, it wasn’t just President Trump who blocked the migrants and secured the U.S. southern border, it was AMLO using 50,000+ active military to stop the migration flow of illegal aliens. It’s not a surprise that AMLO is letting the caravans flow to the border, while Biden is trying to undermine the Mexican government.
Remember, the U.S. intelligence community are conducting operations in Mexico; be leery of any headline stories coming out of the country. AMLO already called out the U.S. and Samantha Power for trying to influence Mexican politics.
MEXICO CITY, May 3 2023 (Reuters) – Mexico’s president asked his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to stop the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from funding groups hostile to his government, according to a letter presented to journalists on Wednesday, echoing previous Mexican criticism of U.S. interventionism.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador did not specify which Mexican groups the U.S. should stop funding, but he has in the past accused several media organizations of being part of a conservative movement against his government.
“The U.S. government, specifically though USAID, has for some time been financing organizations openly against the legal and legitimate government I represent,” he said in the letter. “This is clearly an interventionist act, contrary to international law and the relations which should prevail between free and sovereign states.”
The letter calls for Biden’s intervention, saying the U.S. State Department in recent days announced that USAID would increase its funding toward such organizations. (read more)
