Published 11:13 IST, November 12th 2020
'We're not puppets': Mexican President says 'too early' to wish Joe Biden on election win
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on November 11, doubled down on his stance on not wishing President-elect Joe Biden on his electoral victory.
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obror, on vember 11, doubled down on his stance on t wishing President-elect Joe Biden on his electoral victory saying it was “too early” and that his country was t a “colony”. Obror, who has repeatedly accused Mexican opposition of meddling with elections, h previously asserted that he would wait until all “legal battles” were resolved. On vember 7, Joe Biden h beaten Donald Trump in presidential elections after crossing magic mark of 270 Electoral College votes, however, Trump is yet to concede to results.
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‘t a puppet’
Meanwhile, Lopez Obror reasoned his decision saying that his government was refraining from any kind of “interventionism” in American polls. ding that y were "hering to ir policy of principles”, he said that y were t obliged to wish Biden because y were a “free and sovereign” nation.
"We can't make any kind of recognition of a government that is t yet legally and legitimately constituted. It's t up to us, that's interventionism. Also, we're t a colony. We're a free, independent, sovereign country. Mexican government is t a puppet of any foreign government," he told a Press Conference.
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Trump & Mexico
Donald Trump has always maintained a tough stance when it comes to his policies concerning Mexico. During his election campaign in 2016, he stirred controversy as he referred to illegal migrants coming into United States from Mexico as "rapists" and "criminals". Trump also vowed to build a wall across sourn border to stop illegal migrants from South, who try to sneak into his country via Mexico.
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Trump faced a lot of criticism from both within his country and international community after he launched 'zero tolerance" policy in 2018, that saw families who crossed into United States illegally being separated. Most of migrants affected by deterrence policy are Mexicans. Under Trump's presidency, United States re-negotiated free tre agreement called NAFTA with Cana and Mexico, which Republican leer h alleged was unfair to American people because of certain provisions.
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But Obror has maintained a healthy relationship with Trump's American despite all se actions by latter's ministration. Obror even visited United States as part of his first foreign trip since taking office in 2018.
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11:15 IST, November 12th 2020