Mexico City. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) will remain vigilant and firm in defending Mexico and its citizens in the face of the risks posed by the imminent U.S. electoral process, said Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, head of the ministry.
Appearing before the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, where she was unanimously confirmed in her position almost three months after being appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, she emphasized that a very difficult electoral cycle is approaching in the neighboring country.
"We are well aware of the risks posed by irresponsible individuals' factional use of aspects of our bilateral relationship, which become ammunition for provocateurs," the foreign minister emphasized, appearing alongside the undersecretaries for Latin America and the Caribbean, Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas, and for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Joel Antonio Hernández García, both of whom were also ratified.
Season
Bárcena considered that with the elections in that nation, "peak season begins for the merchants of fear, those who bank on easy applause by exploiting xenophobia, racism, and discrimination; the opportunists of ignorance who, at every opportunity, always blame others."
In the meeting, characterized by the measured and cordial tone that senators from all parties delivered to the official, she reminded the official that the current federal administration is in its final stretch, and therefore, "I am not a career ambassador, I am an ambassador on the run, because this year we must consolidate the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a pragmatic and concrete manner."
The former Mexican ambassador to Chile stated that what has been built must be strengthened and the foundation laid for the next stage of the transformation of the country's public life by promoting national and citizen interests as the sole compass.
