Angels Cruz and Emir Olivares

The newspaper La Jornada
Friday, August 16, 2024, p. 24

On the electoral situation in Venezuela, It is not prudent for a foreign government, whoever it may be, to express an opinion on something that is up to Venezuelans to resolve.and in the case of Mexico, we get attached to the normative principles set forth in Article 89 of the Constitution,” said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The head of the Executive Branch is responsible for respecting the self-determination of peoples. We cannot interfere in other people’s affairs.. We are also in favor of non-intervention, the peaceful resolution of disputes. That is, he pointed out, Nothing by force, everything by reason and law, because, in addition, politics was invented to avoid war.he said, referring to the suggestion made by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, that the elections in Venezuela could be repeated.

From the National Palace, López Obrador reiterated that the decision must be made by the National Electoral Council of the South American country. Let’s act with caution. That’s the decision, stick to Mexico’s foreign policy, perhaps because there have been times when we have submitted to foreign interests and we have forgotten that we are an independent country and a friend of the whole world.held.

The president ruled out any possibility that Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena would be subject to pressure on this issue by the head of state of the United States, Antony Blinken. He knows well what our Constitution establishes in terms of diplomacy. There is no problem and we will continue like this.the president stated.