How many Summits has President Andrés Manuel López Obrador attended during his tenure as President? Exactly, to no important world meeting beyond the meetings of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) where he feels comfortable and the dictators of the continent do have a place.
There is an evident personal discomfort of President López Obrador of being among equals, of participating in forums where he is diplomatically invited to explain some of the most controversial decisions that his government has taken and where he does not have control of the press, because they are not invited your trusted youtubers and bloggers.
President López Obrador’s disdain for the Summit of the Americas that began yesterday in Los Angeles, California, was totally predictable. What is surprising is the high cost that he imposed on him to cover those political-social phobias.
The geopolitical context is very delicate for the United States and goes beyond wanting perfection at a summit hosted by the Democratic government of Joe Biden.
NATO led by the United States is going to enter, through Finland and Sweden, there to the border with Russia and if Washington does not want something, it is that both the government of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s China want to get closer to North America across the southern continent.
Mexico and its enormous dependency on the north is not a candidate for rapprochement, but the undemocratic regimes in the south are. That is why it is important that in these moments of such geopolitical tension the greatest possible cohesion is achieved and López Obrador is not collaborating with that message.
Of all the reasons or pretexts that the López Obrador government could have given for not being at the Summit today, the boycott is the worst it could have chosen.
The photos that come from Joe Biden with Jair Bolsonaro from Brazil or even the handshake with Argentine President Alberto Fernández are the least important thing for a government like the Mexican one that has downplayed all importance of a close political and diplomatic relationship with its main Business partners. What weighs is to see the main trading partner doing the dirty work for the anti-democratic regimes of the world.
A cooldown in relations between Mexico and the United States is going to be inevitable as a result of this disdain by López Obrador, because he is going to hand President Biden a political defeat in the midst of an economic crisis in his country and with very low popularity levels. .
This boycott will provoke questions, both from Democrats and Republicans, when it is intended to give way to an immigration agenda such as the one that López Obrador would like to see in the US Congress.
And not to mention that the Mexican regime once again reaches out to the United States government to finance its Sowing Life in Central America.
And all because of that strange fear of President López Obrador of not being among equals of democratic countries.
The cost of disdain
Cooling
A cooldown in relations between Mexico and the United States will be inevitable as a result of this disdain by López Obrador.
migration agenda
This boycott will provoke questions, both from Democrats and Republicans, when it is intended to give way to an immigration agenda.
Sowing Life
Not to mention that the Mexican regime once again reaches out to the United States government to finance its Sowing Life in Central America.
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Degree in Communication Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, with a specialty in finance from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and a master’s degree in Journalism from the Anahuac University.
His professional career has been dedicated to different media. He is currently a columnist for the newspaper El Economista and news anchor on Televisa. He is the owner of the 2 pm news space on Foro TV.
He is a specialist in economic-financial issues with more than 25 years of experience as a commentator and host on radio and television. He has been part of companies such as Radio Programas de México, where he participated in VIP business radio. He was also part of the management and talent team of Radio Formula.