{"id":12286,"date":"2026-07-28T20:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=12286"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:31:03","slug":"president-sheinbaum-urges-the-u-s-to-look-at-itself-regarding-drug-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/president-sheinbaum-urges-the-u-s-to-look-at-itself-regarding-drug-use-28072026\/","title":{"rendered":"President Sheinbaum Urges the U.S. to \u2018Look At Itself\u2019 Regarding Drug Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to statements by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who asserted that Mexico\u2019s political, judicial, and legal systems don\u2019t work because cartels \u201ccontrol the territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>RELATED:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/kawiri.telesurenglish.net\/sheinbaum-rebukes-argentine-journalists-defense-of-hate-speech\/\">Sheinbaum Rebukes Argentine Journalist\u2019s Defense of Hate Speech<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheinbaum avoided direct confrontation and urged the United States to \u201clook at itself\u201d regarding drug use, distribution, and money laundering related to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mexican president emphasized that her government answers only to the will of the people and works every day for security and peace in the country. \u201cIn Mexico, the people govern, no one else does,\u201d she affirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheinbaum attributed part of the U.S. political discourse to the electoral context, noting that U.S. elections will be held in November. Miller had compared Mexico to organizations like ISIS and Al Qaeda, considered terrorist groups by Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. official also asserted that these organizations not only introduce narcotics into the U.S., but also seek to \u201cdestabilize\u201d its democracy and the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, Sheinbaum reiterated that Mexico and the United States maintain security cooperation mechanisms, although each country operates within its respective jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president insisted that the bilateral strategy must be based on respect for the sovereignty of both countries, stressing that Mexico should not be used as a defining element in U.S. election campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>teleSUR: JP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: EFE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: teleSUR English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to statements by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who asserted that Mexico&rsquo;s political, judicial, and legal systems don&rsquo;t work because&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-12286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"yolaunicaquehay","display_name":"RRebeldeAdminWP","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6145d63ff95c9a0f0e53b7149804b1faf86748d6cc15f466103269a288ea377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english","last_name":"Radio Rebelde","first_name":"WebMaster","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12288,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286\/revisions\/12288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12286"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}