Alonso Urrutia
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La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, December 9, 2024, p. 4
Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo made a fiery defense of the role of Mexican workers in the United States: let it be heard well and loud, the work of our migrant heroes helps develop the economy
from the northern neighbor.
From this border city, with a speech expressly written for a very special moment for the country
that makes it essential
Talking about the relationship with the United States, he gave a long speech in which he vindicated the contribution of the countrymen to that nation, because without their extraordinary work in the field food would not reach the American table
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He stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship because, far from involving competition between nations, this region is one of the most dynamic, since We contribute 30 percent of the world’s gross domestic product
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The president emphasized the extraordinary contribution
of our migrant brothers to the economy of both countries: they are exceptional because they produce enormous wealth in the region. He assured that 80 percent of what they generate stays in the United States and 20 percent comes in remittances to support families in the country. Mexican workers work with dignity with values and culture
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Without alluding to Donald Trump’s strident statements regarding migration and drug trafficking, he affirmed that, with respect for sovereignty, Mexico is willing to collaborate in the humanitarian mission
to combat fentanyl trafficking in the region. “We must cooperate to stop weapons from entering Mexico from the United States, because drugs are consumed there and violence is left here. We must cooperate so that there is peace and prosperity on both sides of the border.
The circle of drug consumption in the United States and the violence that this generates in Mexico can only be addressed jointly, with cooperation and respect for our sovereignties.
Before an audience that at times chanted the chorus President, President
Sheinbaum Pardo carried out a detailed analysis of the scope of the bilateral relationship, emphasizing the Mexican vision of the necessary attention to the causes of migration as a formula to reduce the flows of people in North America.
He underlined the strategic nature of the trade agreement for the three countries to face the growing Chinese economic competitiveness and to strengthen actions regarding regional security.
He highlighted that Nuevo Laredo is the main border bridge in the north, where the new headquarters of the National Customs Agency will be inaugurated next March. The intense activity in this city is a reflection of the most dynamic border in the world, since through its 3 thousand kilometers, 70 thousand tractor-trailers with goods, one million people and 240 thousand passenger vehicles legally cross between both countries. .
Sheinbaum Pardo exemplified the level of economic integration between Mexico and the United States with the automotive industry. Our country manufactures a large part of the vehicles sold in the northern neighbor or a huge amount of auto parts, which allows us to reduce the price of each unit sold in the US market by up to 15 thousand dollars.
I am convinced that the Mexico-United States and Canada Agreement, this is important for the next president of the United States, President Trump, because this trade agreement is the only way to successfully face economic and commercial competition with China.
He considered that North America must consolidate itself as an economic region that increasingly advances in independence from imports from other regions of the world. He recalled that in Mexico we have always maintained that, between the three countries, there is no competition; On the contrary, we complement each other, and that allows us to be one of the most vigorous and important regions in the world.
As an anecdote, he recalled that Nuevo Laredo was founded after the Treaty of Guadalupe, which confirmed the painful loss of half of our territory. Several families emigrated south of the Rio Grande because they wanted to remain Mexican, because Life is better on this side of the border, because here we Mexicans are supportive, fraternal, affectionate, loving, like no other family anywhere in the world.
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It was a long speech in which he gave the opportunity to express his deep-rooted Obradorism, not only by alluding to the three basic principles that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador bequeathed, with greater emphasis on the maxim: “for the good of all, first the poor.
He alluded to the book on two occasions. Thank you, of the former president, and vindicated Mexican humanism, which the Tabasco native proclaimed as the guide of the new political and social orientation of the so-called Fourth Transformation.
Later he supervised the construction of the new headquarters of the National Customs Agency in this city. Through a video on social networks he explained: We supervise facilities of the National Customs Agency of Mexico, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Congratulations for your work to the workers who come from all over the Republic.
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