AMLO Goes to Washington: The Mexico/US Bilateral Meeting in Review

Guest: Marco Castillo, Executive Director of Global Exchange and
coordinator for Nuestra Red


Background:


On July 12 when Mexican president Lopez Obrador traveled to
Washington DC his most exciting encounter for Mexicans (both in
the U.S. and in Mexico) was not his meeting with President Biden,
but his impromptu encounter with well wishers outside his hotel
room at The Lombardy. A video of the encounter went viral. It
showed the president (known by his initials AMLO) sticking his
head out the window, blowing kisses, catching a bouquet of
flowers thrown to him, and being serenaded by mariachis singing
“Amigo” (You are my soul brother, a friend that in every way and
day is always with me).


AMLO’s meeting with Biden included such agenda items as:
prioritizing Mexico’s sovereignty, curbing migration by offering
more visa options, and inflation.


López Obrador, who spoke for over 30 minutes in the Oval Office,
reminded Biden of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Good
Neighbor” policy, which avoided interference in domestic affairs
in Latin America, while also engaging in reciprocal exchanges
with that region, such as trade.


On Monday, the Mexican President revealed that during his DC
visit he gave a letter to President Biden in which he defended
Julian Assange's innocence and renewed a previous offer of asylum
to the WikiLeaks founder.


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Additional Links:


AMLO Is Trying to Free Mexico and Latin America From the US’s
Imperial Grip: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/amlo-mexi...


Global Exchange: https://globalexchange.org/


NuestraRed: https://twitter.com/NuestraRedMx


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