President Sheinbaum on US Operations in Venezuela
This article originally appeared in the October 16, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. In response to the United States government’s announcement that it will fund covert operations in Venezuela with the CIA, President Claudia Sheinbaum affirmed that her position on this matter is that established in the Constitution: “self-determination of the people, no to intervention and invasion.”
That is to say, it is not only established by constitutional provision but is also a conviction.
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Defense of Sovereignty “Is Not Rhetoric, It’s Principles,” Sheinbaum Says
Sheinbaum recalled foreign pressure on Mexico in the 19th and 20th centuries and blamed the neoliberal governments and Calderón for opening the door to U.S. influence.
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Mauricio Kuri, Governor of Querétaro, Did Not Notify the Secretariat of Foreign Relations of Inviting the US Ambassador to a Ceremony, Sheinbaum Says
States can receive training and equipment from abroad, Sheinbaum said, but it all has to go through the federal government, and this ceremony skipped it.
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US Seized a Ship with Crude Oil That Was Headed to Cuba and Sent It to Mexico
The Coast Guard boarded the Grace in the Caribbean in early September and had Mexico’s Navy inspect it in Progreso, but only announced it a month later.
