The Diplomat
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, yesterday congratulated the Mexican official candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, for her election as the first woman to head the Presidency of Mexico, after the elections held last Sunday, in which the candidate won. of the opposition coalition Fuerza y Corazón por México, Xóchitl Gálvez.
Other members of his Government such as the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares; or Culture, Ernest Urtasun, also conveyed their congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, who will take office on October 1, replacing Andrés Manuel López Obrador, from the same party, Morena.
On his social network account X, Sánchez, congratulated Claudia Sheinbaum and stressed that, for the first time, Mexico will have a woman at the head of the Presidency.
The head of the Executive promised that he “will continue working to strengthen relations between the two countries”.
For his part, Minister Albares pointed out that a “feminist government” like the Spanish one applauds that a woman is for the first time at the head of the Presidency in a “great country” like Mexico. In a joint press conference in Madrid with her Egyptian counterpart Samé Shukri, the head of Spanish diplomacy said: “We congratulate both her and the Mexican people on that victory.”
The second vice president and the Minister of Culture, both from Sumar, also conveyed their congratulations to the future Mexican president.
And in an official statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government reiterates its congratulations to both the official candidate and “to the brother Mexican people, who have elected their representatives in a day of democratic participation.”
The Government of Spain wishes “many successes” to the president-elect and applauds that she is the first woman to assume that position. Furthermore, she expresses her confidence “in further deepening political relations between the two Governments, as well as economic and cultural relations and human fraternal ties, for the benefit of our two peoples.”
In recent years, relations between Spain and Mexico have been troubled at times as a result of President López Obrador’s repeated statements asking the King to apologize for what he considers abuses of the Spanish Conquest. Furthermore, the Mexican president denounced that Spanish companies such as Repsol, OHL or Iberdrola had abused his country and its people.
