The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Javier González Olaecheaconfirmed this Wednesday that Claudia Sheinbaum, president-elect of Mexico, has not yet responded to the “personal” letter sent by the president Dina Boluartenor the congratulations sent through the Foreign Ministry.
“The president has extended a very cordial, respectful and almost personal congratulations to the elected president of Mexico. The communication has already been sent. [Además], the Foreign Ministry publicly congratulated the elections and the victory. So that we are waiting for the first reactions”he declared in an interview with RPP.
The head of the portfolio considered that Peru “never” should have gotten involved in “a succession of impasses” with Mexico, a situation that triggered the current “low” diplomatic relationship. “I hope that a new Mexican administration will remember three things: the community of historical brotherhood between the Mexican and Peruvian peoples; the validity of the Pacific Alliance, which establishes the free movement of people —Mexico and Peru are parties—; and thirdly, that we must look to the future,” he said.
He added that the Executive will wait for Sheinbaum take power on October 1 to evaluate whether there is room to re-establish communication. “Peru will make a diplomatic and silent call to the Mexican authorities to resume dialogue,” he said.
Sheinbaum made history by becoming the first woman to win the presidential election in Mexico, after obtaining between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes, according to the quick count of the National Electoral Institute (INE). In that way, it will happen Andrés Manuel López Obradorwho has maintained public disagreements with Boluarte.
The relationship between Peru and Mexico has deteriorated since December 7, 2022, when the then president Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) attempted a failed self-coup d’état and was succeeded by his vice president. AMLO did not recognize Boluarte, offered asylum to Castillo’s family and described the head of state as a “usurper” and “spurious.”
In response, the Peruvian Government declared persona non grata and expelled the Mexican ambassador to Peru, Pablo Monroy, in February 2023. Subsequently, the Peruvian ambassador to Mexico was removed. Manuel Gerardo Talaveraand the Mexican leader was accused of “interference in internal affairs” for supporting Castillo, currently held in the Barbadillo prison.
The tension even led to Mexico refusing to transfer the pro tempore Presidency of the Pacific alliance to Peru, although finally he did it through Chile. On his official platforms, Sheinbaum has thanked the greetings of the international community, including the dictators Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, but has made no mention of Boluarte or the Chilean president. Gabriel Boric.
AMLO declared that on the eve that it will be a “mission accomplished” to hand him the presidential sash and highlighted his overwhelming victory with nearly 35 million votes, almost five million more than he got. On Sunday, Mexico experienced the largest elections in history, with more than 98 million voters called to renew more than 20,000 positions, including the Presidency, the 128 senators, the 500 deputies and nine state governments.
The next Mexican president studied physics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and led student movements in the 1980s. Specialized in environmental engineering, she was a researcher at the UNAM Engineering Institute before entering politics.
In the second millennium she met López Obrador, who invited her to join his administration as Secretary of the Environment, where she led the construction of the metrobus and the first bicycle lanes in Mexico City. Additionally, she was a spokesperson in the presidential campaigns of AMLO in 2006 and 2012, and founder of the Morena party.
