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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has had an exceptionally busy week, with major developments spanning humanitarian aid, security operations, and bold assertions of national sovereignty.
The most pressing recent story involves Cuba. According to DRM News, Sheinbaum announced on Friday, February 6th that Mexico would send humanitarian aid consisting of food and essential supplies to Cuba by Monday, February 9th. Speaking at her morning press conference in Morelia, Michoacán, she explained that her government has been coordinating with the Cuban ambassador and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This announcement came after weeks of diplomatic tension with the Trump administration over oil shipments. According to the Associated Press, Mexico halted crude and refined oil deliveries to Cuba in mid-January under pressure from Washington, which threatened tariffs on any country supplying oil to the island. Sheinbaum emphasized that while Mexico wants to avoid sanctions, her administration is pursuing all diplomatic avenues to potentially resume those shipments, framing the current humanitarian aid as a temporary measure during ongoing talks.
On the security front, Sheinbaum held her Friday mañanera in Morelia to discuss results from Plan Michoacán, the government's comprehensive security strategy launched after the murder of Uruapan's mayor last November. According to Mexico News Daily, security officials reported that between November 10th and January 20th, authorities arrested 430 people, confiscated 240 firearms, and seized large quantities of drugs and explosives. The data showed the daily homicide rate declined from 3.48 in October to 1.97 in November, though it slightly increased to 2.45 in December. Notably, she stressed that Plan Michoacán is not temporary but will continue until 2030, her term's end.
Sheinbaum also addressed corruption within her own party. After the arrest of the mayor of Tequila, Jalisco on extortion charges on Thursday, she made clear that no political party, particularly Morena, can be a cover for crime. According to Mexico News Daily, she said she personally received complaints about the mayor from businesspeople and citizens in the area.
Perhaps most dramatically, on Thursday, February 6th, according to CGTN News, Sheinbaum gave a speech commemorating the 109th anniversary of Mexico's 1917 Constitution in Querétaro, where she boldly reaffirmed Mexico's independence and sovereignty. She declared that Mexico does not bow down, does not kneel, does not surrender, and does not sell out, while rejecting any possibility of the country becoming a colony or protectorate of foreign powers.
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