Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in a speech to crowds of supporters days before Donald Trump is sworn in as US head of state, vowed her country would not be subordinated by its northern neighbour.
Ties between both nations will stay strong and dialogue will prevail, Sheinbaum said during the speech in a Mexico City square on Sunday to mark her first 100 days in office.
“We will always have our heads up,” Sheinbaum said on US-Mexico relations. “Mexico is a free, independent and sovereign country. As I have said, we coordinate and we collaborate, but we don’t become subordinated.”
The US president-elect also said last week he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico and claimed Latin America’s second-largest economy was “run by the cartels”, further escalating tensions.
