Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador has issued a letter to the administration of Joe Biden, calling for the United States to end aid to organisations he perceives as opposed to his government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letter specifically identifies funds from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), though it does not name the groups L\u00f3pez Obrador objects to. \u201cThe U.S. government, specifically through USAID, has for some time been financing organisations openly against the legal and legitimate government I represent,\u201d he said in the letter, dated Tuesday and read during the president\u2019s morning press briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is clearly an interventionist act, contrary to international law and the relations which should prevail between free and sovereign states.\u201d Wednesday\u2019s comments echo earlier pushback from L\u00f3pez Obrador, who previously sent the US a diplomatic note in 2021 denouncing USAID funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, he objected specifically to funding for the nonprofit Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity. \u201cA foreign government can\u2019t provide money to political groups,\u201d he said of the funds, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s promoting a form of coup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his latest letter, L\u00f3pez Obrador appeals directly to Biden to halt the funds. On Tuesday, the Mexican president met with White House Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall to discuss border policy ahead of the expiration of Title 42, a policy U.S. officials used to expel asylum seekers during the COVID pandemic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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