International
Sheinbaum says that “it will remain the Gulf of Mexico for the whole world” despite Trump
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be called that “for the whole world,” despite the order of the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, to rename the body of water as ‘Gulf of America’.
“I mean, what corresponds to the continental shelf of the United States, they call it the Gulf of America, for us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the whole world, so it is important to see what the decree says,” said the ruler in her daily press conference.
The president minimized the implications of Trump’s executive order, who complied with his warning to seek to call the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’ for considering that Mexico is “governed by drug trafficking cartels” and is “a very insecure place.”
“Soon, we will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’,” Trump said on Monday in a speech full of political proposals to inaugurate a “new golden age” in the United States that also included “regaining” control of the Panama Canal.
Although Florida, governed by Ron de Santis – of the Republican Party – became the first state in the United States to call it the ‘Gulf of America’ in a weather alert, Sheinbaum said that the rest of the world will continue to call it the Gulf of Mexico.
“The Gulf of Mexico, beyond anything, they establish it for its continental shelf, for us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the whole world it still is,” he stressed.
The Mexican president promised on Tuesday to “defend Mexico above all” after the decrees on migration, trade and drug trafficking signed by Donald Trump, but asked to “be calm.”
“It is important to be calm and read the decrees as such to be able to make an interpretation and that they know that the president of the Republic will always defend Mexico above all,” he said.
The president requested to analyze with “a cool head” the executive orders of Trump, who on his first day in office declared a national emergency on the southern border of the United States, ordered the designation of Mexican cartels as terrorists and asked to reinstate the immigration program ‘Stay in Mexico’.
The head of the Executive argued that “the emergency zone decree of the southern border (of the United States) that he signed yesterday, is very similar, practically the same as the decree that he signed in his first period, in 2019.”
Sheinbaum also rejected that Mexico becomes a “safe third country” with the return of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) or ‘Stay in Mexico’, recalling that Trump implemented in his first administration, in January 2019, this program that forces US asylum seekers to wait in Mexican territory.
“This has nothing to do with a safe third country and all this, but it is a statement from the United States Government. What do we do about it? Act in a humanitarian way and, then, according to our foreign policy, our migration policy, seek the repatriation of these people to their countries,” he said.
And he insisted that his Government is prepared to receive potential repatriates from the mass deportations from the United States, where Mexicans represent almost half of the nearly eleven million undocumented immigrants in the country.
“We will always support the Mexicans who are in the United States, our compatriots, our countrymen, those two principles are fundamental and elementary for a president of the Republic,” he stressed.
The president of Mexico said she seeks “coordination” in security with the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, for his order to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists.
“We all want to fight drug cartels, that’s obvious. So what do you have to do? We have to coordinate efforts, we have to collaborate, they in their territory, we in our territory,” said Sheinbaum.
The Mexican ruler recognized that “they can act in their territory, within their framework of action and their Constitution” after the order that Trump signed on his first day in office to classify the Mexican cartels, the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran gang MS-13 as terrorist organizations.
“Mexico probably doesn’t want this,” Trump said in the Oval Office after signing the decree and giving a two-week period for the different departments of the United States Government to help compile a list of Mexican criminal organizations.
International
Police investigate deaths of Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating the deaths of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reinerand his wife as an “apparent homicide,” amid a wave of tributes to the director of classics such as When Harry Met Sally.
According to U.S. media reports on Sunday, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead at their Los Angeles mansion with what appeared to be stab wounds.
Several political figures shared messages of condolence following the reported deaths of the director of A Few Good Menand his wife.
While the LAPD did not officially confirm the identities of the victims, it stated that homicide detectives were dispatched to the Reiner residence.
“At this time, no additional details are available and the investigation into an apparent homicide is ongoing,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement posted on social media.
LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told reporters that no arrests have been made and that no individuals are currently being questioned as suspects.
“I’m not going to confirm whether anyone is being questioned at this moment or not. We are going to try to speak with as many family members as we can,” Hamilton said.
CNN reported that a family spokesperson confirmed the deaths of Reiner and his wife.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and former Vice President Kamala Harrisissued statements expressing their condolences.
International
U.S. and Mexico Reach Deal to Address Water Deficit Under 1944 Treaty
The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to comply with current water obligations affecting U.S. farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to cover its water deficit to Texas under the 1944 Water Treaty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement.
The department уточified that the agreement applies to both the current cycle and the water deficit from the previous cycle.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Mexico of failing to comply with the water-sharing treaty between the two countries, which requires the United States to deliver 1.85 billion cubic meters of water from the Colorado River, while Mexico must supply 432 million cubic meters from the Rio Grande.
Mexico is behind on its commitments. According to Washington, the country has accumulated a deficit of more than one billion cubic meters of water over the past five years.
“This violation is severely harming our beautiful crops and our livestock in Texas,” Trump wrote on Monday.
The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that Mexico had agreed to supply 250 million cubic meters of water starting next week and to work toward closing the shortfall.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, quoted in the statement, said Mexico delivered more water in a single year than it had over the previous four years combined.
Trump has said that if Mexico continues to fall short of its obligations, the United States reserves the right to impose 5% tariffs on imported Mexican products.
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Roberto Velasco, said that a severe drought in 2022 and 2023prevented the country from meeting its commitments.
International
Several people shot in attack on Brown University campus
Several people were shot on Saturday in an attack on the campus of Brown University, in the northeastern United States, local police reported.
“Shelter in place and avoid the area until further notice,” the Providence Police Department urged in a post on X. Brown University is located in Providence, the capital of the state of Rhode Island.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that he had been briefed on the situation and that the FBI was on the scene.
At 5:52 p.m. local time (11:52 p.m. GMT), Brown University said the situation was still “ongoing” and instructed students to remain sheltered until further notice.
After initially stating that the suspect had been taken into custody, Trump later posted a second message clarifying that local police had walked back that information. “The suspect has NOT been apprehended,” the U.S. president said.
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