Mexico president writes Biden against opposition financing

Handout picture released by Mexican Presidency press office showing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a press conference in Mexico City, on April 28, 2023, following his return to office after a COVID-19 infection. Obrador on May 3, 2023 said he sent a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden to call his attention to US financing of Mexican opposition groups, which he said was tantamount to "interventionism." (PHOTO / AFP)

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he sent a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden to call his attention to US financing of Mexican opposition groups, which he said was tantamount to "interventionism."

Reading from the letter during his daily press conference, the president said financing from the United States Agency for International Development is "clearly an interventionist act, contrary to international law and the respect that should prevail between free and sovereign countries."

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"I am sure that you are unaware of this matter and therefore I respectfully ask for your valuable assistance," he continued.

Lopez Obrador also cited a US State Department publication noting that USAID plans to increase the budget assigned to Mexican opposition groups.

The letter, dated May 2, was made public a day after Lopez Obrador received Biden's envoy on immigration, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, at the National Palace in Mexico City.

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