President Andrés Manuel López Obrador revealed this Wednesday that Aleida Guevara, daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara, will be among the special guests of the celebrations that commemorate the Independence of Mexico, on September 15 and 16.
Along with her, assured the president, will be the former president of Bolivia Evo Morales and the former president of Uruguay José Mujica; the son of Martin Luther King, along with his wife, Andrea Waters, and his daughter, Yolanda, as well as Richard Assange and Gabriel Shipton, father and brother, respectively, of the activist Julian Assange.
Also on the guest list, shown to the press, are one of the daughters of peasant leader César Chávez, the family of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and the left-wing linguist and ideologue Noam Chomsky, but still, the president warned, have not confirmed.
Also on the guest list, shown to the press, are one of the daughters of peasant leader César Chávez, the family of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and the left-wing linguist and ideologue Noam Chomsky.
Without mentioning their full names, in his usual informal tone, López Obrador did not mention the subject until he reached question time in his daily morning conference. “We are going to have guests. Don’t you have the list? Can you pass it to me?” The president began by saying to his team. “I invited Evo, he has already confirmed; Mújica [sic], also confirmed although it is already big, but it seems that it is coming. The family of Dr. Luther King is coming, his son, his wife and his granddaughter are coming. He invited the daughter of César Chávez, he has not confirmed. The father is coming and Assange’s brother is coming, Julian Assange… Let me remind you, ah, Che Guevara’s daughter, yes, she already confirmed. There are about ten guests who are going to accompany me in the Grito [el acto que inaugura las celebraciones] and they will also be in the parade”.
It is not usual for international guests to be given such prominence in national celebrations, although the president himself already marked a milestone in last year’s. Then, was escorted to the podium of his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, making clear the place that the present Mexican Administration grants to its relations with the Island.
It was the first time that a foreigner participated in this event from such a privileged place, giving a speech before the main government figures.
In the Cuban entourage, one of the few public appearances of the recently deceased Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Callejaformer son-in-law of Raúl Castro and executive president of the Gaesa military conglomerate, who was presented in Mexico as “main adviser to the president of the Republic of Cuba.”
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