Sheinbaum Closes National Tour With Defense of Mexico’s Sovereignty

Mexico City — President Claudia Sheinbaum closed her national tour on Sunday with a speech in Mexico City’s Zócalo, defending Mexican sovereignty and pledging to continue the Fourth Transformation, the political project her administration has carried forward.

Addressing a packed plaza, Sheinbaum said Mexico is an independent, sovereign nation and rejected any foreign interference in national decisions.

“Mexicans do not want meddling, interventionism or violations of our territory,” she said.

Sheinbaum argued that sovereignty means only the people can decide the country’s direction, and that no foreign power or economic or political elite has the right to determine its present and future.

“Only the people determine Mexico’s destiny,” she said.

The rally capped the “Honestidad y Resultados” (Honesty and Results) tour, which took her to all 32 states to present a review of her first two years in office. According to Sheinbaum, roughly 850,000 people took part in the assemblies held along the way.

She highlighted the constitutional reforms approved during her first two years, saying they have rolled back part of the changes made during the period she described as neoliberal. The rights to education, health care and housing were strengthened in the constitution, she said, along with pensions for older adults and people with disabilities.

She also pointed to reforms on substantive equality for women, recognition of the rights of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples, and provisions against reelection and nepotism that are due to take effect in 2030.

Praise for López Obrador

Sheinbaum also vindicated former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, recalling the political movement that brought Morena to federal power.

“They never understood that the people rise up with extraordinary leaders like Andrés Manuel López Obrador. And they still don’t understand it,” she said.

The president said her administration forms part of the same political process that began in 2018 and defended the reforms pushed through by the 4T’s legislative majority.

On energy, she stressed that Pemex (the state oil company) and the CFE (Federal Electricity Commission) were once again recognized in the constitution as public companies. She also pointed to constitutional changes aimed at reinforcing national sovereignty against possible foreign intervention.

“Today we have a new Constitution, a fundamental law suited to the times of the Fourth Transformation of Mexico’s public life,” she said.

Sheinbaum ended with a call for unity between her government and its supporters.

“There is no divorce between the people and the government,” she said at the event, which marked the end of her national accountability tour.