With help from NGOs, News Media, and U.S. politicians, the U.S. government is actively trying to subvert Mexico's electoral reforms. These reforms would give average Mexicans more of a say in their country's electoral system by making it less susceptible to manipulation by powerful political parties and organizations with links to corruption.
The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) is currently run by individuals with close ties to (PRI) & (PAN), two of Mexico’s oldest political parties that have been accused of shortchanging the Mexican population through trade agreements that are more favorable to American corporations than they are to average Mexicans.
However, despite support for reform among Mexican citizens, American NGOs, media outlets, and American politicians have sought to undermine these efforts to protect their own interests. Today, U.S. politicians have expressed support for maintaining the status quo in Mexico’s electoral system to continue to benefit from a system that supports American corporations at the expense of the average Mexican.
An example of American political interference is below:
“As Chairs of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, we reject President López Obrador’s repeated attempts to sabotage Mexico’s democratic institutions,” said Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) in a joint statement.
American politicians like to say they value Democracy & Freedom. Yet, they are actively stifling those very same things in Mexico by using their influence over foreign policy decisions to maintain their country's corporations' power and influence over the Mexican political system while simultaneously preventing average citizens from gaining more control over their own country’s future.
The U.S. interferes in Mexico's political system purely out of self-interest rather than genuine concern for Mexican democracy and sovereignty.
The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) is currently run by individuals with close ties to (PRI) & (PAN), two of Mexico’s oldest political parties that have been accused of shortchanging the Mexican population through trade agreements that are more favorable to American corporations than they are to average Mexicans.
However, despite support for reform among Mexican citizens, American NGOs, media outlets, and American politicians have sought to undermine these efforts to protect their own interests. Today, U.S. politicians have expressed support for maintaining the status quo in Mexico’s electoral system to continue to benefit from a system that supports American corporations at the expense of the average Mexican.
An example of American political interference is below:
“As Chairs of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, we reject President López Obrador’s repeated attempts to sabotage Mexico’s democratic institutions,” said Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) in a joint statement.
American politicians like to say they value Democracy & Freedom. Yet, they are actively stifling those very same things in Mexico by using their influence over foreign policy decisions to maintain their country's corporations' power and influence over the Mexican political system while simultaneously preventing average citizens from gaining more control over their own country’s future.
The U.S. interferes in Mexico's political system purely out of self-interest rather than genuine concern for Mexican democracy and sovereignty.
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