Jill Biden, to Claudia Sheinbaum: “Several generations of women will arrive together at the Legislative Palace to see her take the oath of office”
The first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, has celebrated the arrival to power of Claudia Sheinbaum, the first president in the history of Mexico, who will be sworn in tomorrow. “As Dr. Sheinbaum has pointed out, she has not arrived at this historic moment alone. She said: ‘We all arrived, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.’ Tomorrow, those generations of women will arrive together at the Legislative Palace to see her sworn in. Joe [Biden] and I—and so many Americans—wish him the best and look forward to his leadership.”
The first lady gave a speech during the reception organized at the Mexico City Museum by the American ambassador, Ken Salazar, on the occasion of the presidential succession. Jill Biden has trusted in the continuity of relations between both nations, two countries that share one of the most turbulent borders in the world, whose collaboration is essential not only in economic issues, but also in matters of security, migration or the so-called war against drugs.
“Under Dr. Sheinbaum’s presidency, I know that we will continue to build a more prosperous, secure and democratic region. And we will take the next steps in our Mexico-United States partnership. We are all part of that work. “Together we can be the conduit for the light of our two nations, illuminating the path to even brighter tomorrows, elevating each other and elevating the world,” he concluded his intervention, with a reference to the American-Mexican author Sandra Cisneros.
In recent weeks, diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States have been strained due to the judicial reform of the acting president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which he has achieved, thanks to his majority in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate since the elections from June 2, modify in extremis the Constitution so that judges are elected in a popular vote. Salazar has criticized the measure, which the United States does not view favorably.
“Few country-to-country relationships have more consequences for the daily lives of Americans than those between the United States and Mexico. “I feel honored to be with you tonight to celebrate the strength of the relationship between our countries, at such a historic moment,” said Jill Biden. The first lady also remembered the victims of the hurricane Helenewhich has left more than 100 dead as it passed through the United States: “Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by the devastation of the hurricane Helene“, he declared, without referring to the thirty people who died in the hurricane John in the Mexican Pacific, which has flooded Acapulco again.
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