President AMLO Breaks Silence, Condemns “Arrogant Attack” by US on Venezuela, Kidnapping

ByJay Watts

In a statement released on his social media accounts, former President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador, condemned the US’ “arrogant attack” on Veneuela and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, referencing Simon Bolívar, Abraham Lincoln and Benito Juárez, and offering unconditional support to current President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The former President was noted for staking out assertive, anti-imperialist foreign policy policies during his six year-term, such as not attending the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in 2022 because of the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua; offering asylum to President Evo Morales of Bolivia after the 2019 coup; honouring Julian Assange and advocating for his release from prison; breaking relations with Ecuador over its assault on the Mexican embassy; and breaking relations with Peru over its coup of President Pedro Castillo, and offering asylum to persecuted members of Ecaudor’s Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana and El Salvador’s Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional.

President AMLO’s statement

“I am retired from politics, but my libertarian convictions prevent me from staying silent in the face of the arrogant assault on the sovereignty of the people of Venezuela and the kidnapping of their president. Neither Bolívar nor Lincoln would accept the United States government acting as a world tyranny.

President Trump: do not fall into self-complacency or listen to the siren song. Tell the hawks to go to hell; you have the capacity to act with practical judgment. Do not forget that today’s ephemeral victory can be tomorrow’s resounding defeat. Politics is not imposition.

Remember that “respect for the rights of others is peace,” as Benito Juárez taught us in the 19th century. I am Mexican with great pride, but also Latin American. I unconditionally support my president Claudia Sheinbaum.

For now, I am not sending you a hug.

AMLO