Certain sectors in Washington want to influence the 2030 Mexican presidential election.

On Monday, President Claudia Sheinbaum accused right-wing groups within the U.S. government of seeking political change in Mexico.

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“The international right wants to intervene, we have been denouncing it permanently,” she responded when asked about possible U.S. intervention in Mexico’s 2030 presidential elections.

The president emphasized that she does not directly attribute this position to U.S. President Donald Trump, but rather to certain right-wing sectors in Washington.

“I have said that he is not necessarily responsible, but there are far-right groups in that government that do not want Mexico and do not want the peoples. They seek to change the government in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

This is not the first time she has warned about possible foreign intervention in Mexico’s electoral processes. In September, she said there was an “interventionist spirit” related to elections in Brazil and Mexico and called for any attempt at intervention to be publicly denounced.

On Monday, however, Sheinbaum linked that possibility to right-wing sectors within the U.S. government and placed it in the context of the advance of conservative forces in Latin America. She avoided commenting on the political processes in Brazil, Bolivia or Argentina. She confirmed that she does not intend to assume a role in coordinating the region’s progressive forces.

“My interest is not to organize the Latin American left. That is what political parties and other mechanisms are for. I am focused on Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

She said there can be communication between political parties and academic ties to analyze political changes in the region, but insisted that her goal is to “continue governing Mexico.”

Sheinbaum reaffirmed her political movement as humanist and lashed out at the Mexican right, which she accused of defending racism, classism, and authoritarianism.

Faced with possible external intervention, she said the main defense of her political project is to maintain citizen support. “Here, the only defense is the people. The only one,” Sheinbaum concluded.

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Source: EFE

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