Is Mexico close to breaking with the US?
President Sheinbaum is certainly using more fiery language against interventionism. A schism is highly unlikely though.
The Big News Breakdown. Unpacking this week’s most important news.
It would be a mistake to try and declare a definitive souring of US-Mexico relations through one off week.
This bilateral diplomatic relationship is a delicate dance that must be balanced with other considerations. So, when president Claudia Sheinbaum accused the US of trying to meddle in Mexican internal affairs, she was indeed reacting to the actual moves by US law enforcement linking members of her Morena party to cartels. But she was equally trying to keep her left-wing nationalist party united in the face of foreign right-wing pressure.
The US government clearly didn’t see her fiery language as the opening shots in a new US-Mexico conflict. In fact, the Trump administration, instead of shooting back, has recently gone out of its way to talk up bilateral security cooperation.
The following gushing statements that were released over the past week to this effect:
