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Mexico mends ties with Spain in first presidential visit in eight years
The first Mexican presidential visit to Spain since 2018 signals a thaw after years of tension over colonial-era abuses.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met in Barcelona on Saturday, marking a rapprochement between the two nations after years of diplomatic tension.
- Relations deteriorated under former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who in 2019 demanded an apology for abuses committed during Spain's colonial rule in Mexico, a request not met then.
- Marking the first presidential visit to Spain in eight years, the meeting occurred during the "In defence of democracy" summit, a gathering of global leftist leaders mobilizing against the far-right.
- Sheinbaum invited Sanchez to the next summit in Mexico while maintaining Mexico's stance on acknowledging abuses committed during the colonization of Latin America.
- Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo called the meeting "a very important and positive sign" for boosting trade, citing recent efforts including inviting King Felipe to the World Cup.
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The presence of President Claudia Sheinbaum at the Fourth Summit in Defense of Democracy in Barcelona and the meeting with the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, symbolize the normalization of relations between the two countries, although their governments claim that there never was a crisis.Sheinbaum visited Spain for the first time since he assumed the presidency. The trip was known after Felipe VI acknowledged that in the conquest…
Mexico mends ties with Spain in first presidential visit in eight years
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Spain's Pedro Sanchez met in Barcelona on Saturday after a summit of progressive leaders, signaling a rapprochement during the first presidential visit to the Mediterranean country in eight years.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected that her visit to the summits of Barcelona is for an “anti-Trump” meeting, arguing the objective of this. Claudia Sheinbaum said that her meeting is with other heads of state, who have in common the objective that the people must decide “their self-determination”, as well as the peaceful resolution of the conflicts. Claudia Sheinbaum goes to Barcelona for peace, not for “anti-Trump” movementTh…
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, considered that this is "a moment" to resume the dialogue with Spain on the recognition of the abuses committed during the conquest.
A few hours before taking the plane to travel to Spain, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has given more details about the summit of progressive governments to which she will attend on Saturday. The president has announced that part of the procession will include the Secretary of Environment, Alicia Bárcena, to participate in a first meeting with “progressive movements”. Next, the summit of heads of state will be held, to which she has…
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