Mexico City (AP) – Mexican President Claudia Sinbaum She celebrated her government’s tumultuous relationship with the Trump administration, progressive interests, and her handling of controversial judicial reforms in her first national speech.
Approaching the end of his first year in office, Shaynbaum ruled out some of the major issues still simmering, especially in Mexico. Continuous Cartel Violence It plagues many of the national and democratic concerns with broader concentration.
Mexico’s first female president took office in October and led 131 million Latin America during a period of radical global change. Despite this, the 63-year-old progressive leader has skyrocketed approval rates of 70% to 80% in Mexican polls.
“Things are going well and they’re just getting better,” she promised.
Below is some of the best takeaways from Sheinbaum’s national speech.
Navigate the Trump era
Within Sheinbaum’s challenges, navigating Mexico’s clear political and economic relations as Mexican president is Donald Trump It has put pressure on the global side to eliminate tariffs and make concessions to allies.
Sinbaum was able to dodge the brunt of Trump’s tariffs by chasing Mexican cartels and fentanyl production more aggressively than its predecessors. In recent months, the government has delivered dozens of cartels that U.S. authorities have long wanted for the Trump administration.
At the same time, her administration advocated that the Trump administration respects Mexico’s sovereignty and rejected talks about the possible US military action against cartels on Mexican territory.
“Under any circumstances we will not accept any intervention, interference, or other acts from abroad that are harmful to the integrity of the country, independence or sovereignty,” she said.
The previous day Monday Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sinbaum will visit to discuss security issues and said the government shares a relationship of “mutual trust, respect for sovereignty and territoriality, and non-dependent cooperation.”
But just a few weeks ago, Trump told the media:
Poverty and the drop in social programs
The President also highlighted the great progressive benefits made by her government and her predecessors and allies, Former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
1. Government data released last month showed that over 8.3 million people in Mexico were drawn from poverty between 2022 and 2024.
2. According to the president, direct remittances ranging from scholarships to seniors in Mexico have become a population of around 32 million families, or about a quarter of the country.
“This is the most ambitious social plan in Mexico’s history,” she said.
Carrying the legacy of “Amuro”
Sheinbaum spent much of her speech explaining how she carried the legacy of her predecessor.
3. The President listed numerous construction projects in his work, including the continuation of Maya Train, the Crown Jewel Project of López Obrador.
4. Despite widespread global economic uncertainty, she highlighted Mexico’s strong economy.
5. She also nodded to the newly elected Supreme Court, which will take office later on Monday after Sinbaum and Lopez Obrador’s Morena parties overhauled the judicial system last year. She called it a “deeply democratic event.” Judicial reforms, in which judges were elected, fostered concerns of democratic collapse.
Avoid cartels and democratic concerns
The issues that Mexico continues to tackle were particularly lacking in Sinbaum’s speech.
She mentioned soaking murder rates, but she did not comment on what most Mexicans consider as the main issue in their country: cartel violence.
Despite his social programme from Lopez Obrador’s promise to curb conflict in a Latin American nation, violence in most of Mexico only continued to infuriate. The Cartel War burned bloodshed in Sinaloa as bodies appeared on the streets every morning, leaving nearly 130,000 Mexicans still missing.
Sinbaum also set the stage for the June judicial election, with little reference to the broader democratic concerns associated with Mexican judicial reforms hampered by Morena last year. Critics warned that by electing judges in general, the party is dealing a blow to checks and balance by making it easier to acquire allies in the top court.
The majority of those scheduled to control Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday are members or former members of the Morena Party.
“The era of nepotism, corruption and privilege is over, and a new era of legality and justice for all is beginning,” Sinbaum said.
