The president of ,stated this Monday that he hopes to meet soon with his counterpart from the newly invested to address cooperation and migration in the midst of the unprecedented migratory flow on the common border.

“Yes, we are going to meet for sure, I don’t know (when), but we are going to talk (chat), but the relationship is good and we will support each other“There will be cooperation.”the president responded to questions from the press in his morning conference.

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The Mexican president did not specify a date for the meeting with Arevaloalthough he did wish the best for the Guatemalan people and the new president.

Of course we are going to work together, We will improve cooperation in all aspects, economically, socially, culturally, in everything”, he concluded.

Arévalo, a symbol of the fight against corruption, assumed power early this Monday after the Congress outgoing party delayed several routine procedures for more than 10 hours to sabotage the inauguration.

This has been the umpteenth attempt of now ex-officialism to derail Arévalo’s seizure of power after months of a judicial persecution led by the Public Ministry that sparked sentences of United States, the European Union and the Organization of the American States (OAS).

This academic won the 2023 presidential elections with the progressive party Seed Movementborn from the anti-corruption demonstrations that took place in Guatemala in 2015, and succeeds Alejandro Giammattei.

Despite being a neighboring country, Lopez Obrador He did not attend the ceremony, unlike other progressive leaders in the region, such as the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, and that of Colombia, Gustavo Petrowho defended Arevalo of attempts to hinder his inauguration.

Lopez Obrador now congratulated the people of Guatemala because, “even with delay”the new president managed to take office.

“I am glad that he took protest Bernardo Arevalois already the president of our sister republic of Guatemala“Indeed, neighbors, friends, and we are very happy,” indicated the Mexican president.

Likewise, he said he was happy that Guatemala have passed this test “so difficult and the truth is even painful, because it is not possible for an election to be held, for the candidate to win with a 20-point advantage and for them to begin to put up obstacles so that he does not assume the mandate of the people”.

Arevalo takes on the migratory flow “without precedents” of Mexico and Central America in 2023, as warned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which at the beginning of November reported an annual increase of more than 60% in irregular migration that crossed Mexican territory.



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