Mexico is getting ready for the next general elections. 98 million citizens are called to vote on Sunday on the continuity of the project headed by president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Let's see a little more of the role he played in the region during the last 6 years in the following report by our correspondent AISSA GARCIA. teleSUR
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00:00In Mexico, 98 million citizens are called to the polls for Sunday's general elections,
00:16voters ready for the first federal elections involved in the 32 states.
00:20Mexicans will elect the president, 128 Senate seats and 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
00:25In this process, more than 20,000 local authorities will also be elected, including governorships,
00:30state legislative assemblies, municipal presidencies and local councils.
00:42Mexico is getting ready for the next general elections.
00:4498 million citizens are called to vote on Sunday on the continuity of the project headed
00:48by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
00:50Let's see a little more of the role he played in the region during the last six years in
00:54the following report by our correspondent, Aysa Garcia.
01:01Let's say goodbye to impositions, interference, sanctions, exclusions and blockades.
01:11These principles have characterized Mexico's relationship with Latin America since 2018,
01:16when President LĂłpez Obrador came to office.
01:19Non-intervention and self-determination of the peoples.
01:30The cooperation for development and mutual aid to combat inequality and discrimination.
01:38The defense of Cuba and the call on the United States to lift the blockade have been always
01:42present.
01:49We are against the blockade on Cuba.
01:54Because why?
01:55As a result of a political ideological situation, regardless of who is right, which I do believe
02:04Cuba is, because peoples have the right to be independent.
02:10On the other hand, Cuba has appreciated Mexico's position.
02:19I also take this opportunity to appreciate your support for the lifting of the illegal
02:24economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba,
02:29which has been deliberately and opportunistically tightened under pandemic conditions, despite
02:34being condemned for decades by the overwhelming majority of the international community.
02:40In relation to Venezuela and its coming elections, LĂłpez Obrador has demanded to leave the Venezuelans
02:46to vote in peace.
02:58Mexico is also recognized as a key player in facilitating regional consensus building.
03:03Throughout its history, Mexico has developed the capacity to be a guarantor at the peace
03:11talks between the government of the Republic of Colombia and the National Liberation Army.
03:18We have also participated in the dialogue and negotiation process between the government
03:22of Venezuela and the United Platform of Venezuela.
03:27When the military coup took place in Bolivia, Mexico's stance placed the country in a global
03:32position.
03:33What we are doing is applying the Mexican constitution and granting asylum to Evo Morales.
03:40That's as far as Mexico's participation goes.
03:43Bolivia's internal affairs are up to the Bolivian people to decide.
03:47Even when Mexico has certainly played a key role in many of the recent events in Latin
03:52America, it has also experienced complicated moments.
03:56Tensions still persist with the governments of Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.
04:05There is no justification for the police forces to have broken into the Mexican embassy in
04:09Ecuador or to physically assault the dignity of the diplomatic personnel.
04:20Millet called me ignorant because I called him a conservative fascist.
04:24He's right.
04:25I still don't understand why Argentinians, who are so intelligent, voted for someone
04:35who is not accurate, who despises the people and who dared to accuse his fellow countryman
04:42Francis of being a communist and a representative of the devil on earth.
04:54President Castillo asked for asylum.
04:59Of course, Mexico was willing to give it to him, but he was arrested before he could get
05:05to the embassy premises.
05:08However, we were able to provide protection and shelter to his family.
05:13All these issues have been discussed frequently by the president during his morning conferences.
05:20And although the achievements have been remarkable, the new president's agenda should include
05:25issues such as trade, migration and cooperation, and above all migration, which is a very sensitive
05:32topic.
05:33In this regard, significant steps have been taken.