This Sunday, June 2, the general elections will be held in Mexico to elect the person who will lead the country after six years of the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
According to the polls, the North American nation will have a female president for the first time in its history, since everything seems to indicate that the winner of the elections will emerge between Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, from the leftist coalition Let’s Keep Making Historyand Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz, of the right-wing coalition Fuerza y Corazón por México.
As is known, Mexico and Peru maintain a complicated diplomatic relationship, after the heads of state of both countries clashed in discussions about the legal situation of Pedro Castillo.
The favorite to win the elections is Sheinbaumwho belongs to the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), like AMLO.
So far, neither of the two candidates has spoken about the Government of Dina Boluarte or the imprisonment of Castillo after his failed coup d’état.
However, because Claudia Sheinbaum also belongs to Brunetteit is expected that the measures implemented by the Mexican executive will continue, such as the request for a visa to enter its territory.
At its peak, diplomatic relations were formally at the level of chargé d’affaires, after Boluarte expel the Mexican ambassador, and López Obrador will request the return of his representative.
“Relations are currently at a low level, but at the same time, and this must be emphasized, trade flows and investments, and above all economic investments between Mexican and Peruvian investors, are at their highest level,” said the Peruvian foreign minister, Javier González-Olaechea in interview with cnnwhen he had just assumed the position to replace Ana Gervasi.
As recalled, the López Obrador Government announced that they were going to request this document from May 6 of this year. In response, Peru also tried to require a visa for citizens of the Latin American country. Nevertheless, González-Olaechea confirmed that this measure had been abandoned.
Another aspect to take into account is the situation of the Pacific alliancethe cooperation organization that at some point attracted attention for having managed to unite four countries into a single economic objective: Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
This international organization also witnessed the quarrels between both nations, after AMLO refused to hand over the pro tempore presidency to Dina Boluarte under the excuse of not “legitimizing a coup d’état.”
Given the refusal, Chile began to momentarily lead the group and then transfer responsibility back to Peru.
According to the portal Voice of Americahe Chilean Foreign Minister, Van Klaveren, He explained that they assumed the role temporarily to “contribute to integration.”
In the context of the current electoral contest, the former Peru Libre candidate stated that he wanted the victory of the leftist coalition, which “represents the great transformation initiated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador.”
“This movement must continue to successfully express the desire of the beloved Mexican people, a desire that dates back to the agrarian revolution led by the legendary Francisco Villa and Emiliano Zapata, and that is a reference for our Latin American people,” he said through his account. of Twitter.
“The Peruvian people are encouraged by this spirit of social justice, and we continue fighting to achieve it. From my unjust prison, which I have turned into my fighting trench, I am deeply grateful to the current Mexican government for its solidarity with the Peruvian people, with my government and with my family,” he added.
Likewise, he assured that “sooner rather than later, we will defeat the current dictatorship that assaulted our popular government.” “Everything with the people! “Nothing without him!” he finally mentioned, after once again wishing for a victory of Sheinbaum Pardo.
