The arrival of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, is expected to arrive, who is also invited to a meal that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador organized for the leaders who will come to Sheinbaum’s inauguration, including Díaz-Canel.
This day, the arrival of Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia, was also expected; however, he announced that he would delay his trip for one day to personally attend to an accident in his country.
He previously reported the death of eight members of the Air Force, who were traveling on a humanitarian mission in the department of Vichada, but their helicopter crashed to the ground. “A hug of solidarity to their families in the midst of this news that mourns the country,” he published on networks.
More than a hundred countries confirmed their presence at the event with representations, but only 16 heads of state are expected to arrive, including the presidents of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora; from Chile, Gabriel Boric; from the Dominican Republic, Luis Rodolfo Abinader; Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, and the president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, among others.
On behalf of the United States, the first lady Jill Biden will attend, representing the president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the former president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Christian Wilhelm Walter Wolff.