Gustavo Petro and Claudia Sheinbaum walk down the red-carpeted staircase of the National Palace beneath the inscription La Patria Es Primero.

Gustavo Petro Talks with Sheinbaum About the “New Political Reality” of the Americas

ByLa Redacción

This article by La Redacción originally appeared in the September 2, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. Colombia’s former president, Gustavo Petro, visited Mexican head of state Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on Wednesday.

During his visit with President Sheinbaum, Petro warned about the risks of interference from the United States in Latin American electoral processes.

The Colombian, who is on a visit to Mexico, maintained that Mexico must watch what happens in the region’s electoral processes, such as in Brazil, as well as the advance of right-wing forces, ahead of Mexico’s 2027 midterm elections and the 2030 presidential election.

“I have just come from speaking with the president of the United Mexican States, @Claudiashein,” he posted on his X account, alongside a photograph from Mexico City’s Zócalo.

After meeting with the Mexican head of state, Petro said they talked about what he considered “a new political reality in the region,” linked to operations originating outside the countries where the elections are held.

The current issue is the new artificial political reality. We could call it that based on all these investigations that have been carried out from Bolivia and that cover all of the Americas, because its real center is in Washington, its financing is in Israel.

Gustavo Petro

The former Colombian president has been on a visit to Mexico since Monday and on Wednesday is giving a keynote lecture at UNAM.

On leaving the National Palace he commented that Sheinbaum Pardo invited him to stay in Mexico to carry out academic activities.

“She invited me to some intellectual and academic collaborations that I would not mind doing, but I decided to live in Colombia,” he said.

Petro Shares Photo with Sheinbaum

That evening, Colombia’s former president posted on his X account a photo with the head of state and the message “With the president of Mexico @Claudiashein.”