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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
Mexican government prioritizes 191 communities after deadly floods
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Wednesday that the death toll from recent rains and floods across several central states has risen to 66, while the federal government has activated air bridges and prioritized assistance in 191 isolated communities.
“Unfortunately, 66 people have died, and 75 remain missing,” the president said during her morning press conference. She added that the official death toll will be updated later in a new report.
As of Tuesday, authorities had reported 64 fatalities. Sheinbaum also announced the creation of a public information center to centralize official data on the deceased, missing persons, damaged homes, and cut-off communities.
According to the president, the number of missing persons has decreased thanks to coordination with state authorities.
“Through calls to phone line 079, 103 people who had been reported missing have now been located,” she explained.
Priority Municipalities
The president noted that the federal government has classified 191 communities as ‘priority’, a designation based mainly on the percentage of homes affected.
International
New road and bridge explosions raise alarm amid indigenous protests in Ecuador
Ecuadorian authorities are investigating two explosions that occurred early Wednesday, one on a road in the southern part of the country and another under a bridge in Guayas province. These incidents follow the car bomb explosion in the coastal city of Guayaquil, also in Guayas, which occurred the day before and left one person dead and 30 injured.
Press reports indicate that one person was injured and several vehicles were damaged in the explosion on the Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje road in the south.
“Besides yesterday’s explosion in Guayaquil, we have received reports of explosives placed on bridges along the Guayaquil-Machala and Machala-Cuenca routes to disrupt traffic,” said Roberto Luque, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT).
On his X social media account, Luque reported that authorities have been deployed to the sites to assess the damage and determine the current condition of the structures.
“What they haven’t achieved with their call for a strike, some are trying to achieve through terrorism,” he stated, referring to the 24 days of protests organized by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) against rising diesel prices and other demands.
The protests, called at a national level, have Imbabura province as their epicenter. Roadblocks have also been reported in the northern part of Pichincha province, whose capital is Quito, while activities in the rest of the country continue normally.
International
Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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