The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. Photo: Cuartoscuro/Graciela López Herrera.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, asked US President-elect Donald Trump to lift the blockades imposed on Venezuela and Cuba, pointing out that these sanctions increase the flow of migrants to the US.
Sheinbaum and Trump held a phone call on Wednesday, November 27, where they discussed the issue of migration.
During her morning press conference on Thursday, November 28, Sheinbaum reported that she proposed to the US president-elect to implement new measures to to mitigate the effects of migration.
In this regard, she stressed that it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive and coordinated approach. Therefore, she suggested the lifting of the economic blockades imposed on Venezuela and Cuba, as it would be a beneficial measure to reduce migration from those countries.
“End the blockades on Cuba and Venezuela, because all they do is make the people suffer and create phenomena like migration,” Sheinbaum declared.
Presidenta de México plantea a Trump poner fin al bloqueo a Cuba
Como consecuencia de esa política estadounidense, Cuba sufrió pérdidas por cinco mil 56,8 millones de dólares desde el 1 de marzo de 2023 hasta el 29 de febrero de 2024.
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— Embajada de Cuba en México (@EmbaCuMex) November 28, 2024
Trump’s opinion on Sheinbaum’s proposal is not yet known. However, his anti-migrant position is well known, as he threatened mass deportation of migrants during his campaign.
Regarding the telephone conversation with Trump, the president of Mexico explained that they discussed Trump’s main concerns, which are migration and the drug fentanyl.
“What I presented to President Trump is the strategy on migration that has been in place for months and was particularly strengthened in January 2024 in response to an increase in migration that occurred in the last months of 2023,” she added.
The conversation between Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump comes amid the latter’s threats of increasing tariffs on Mexico by 25% and mass deportation of migrants to punish Mexico for its immigration and security policies.
(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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