AMLO responds to the US in massive rally: “We will never allow our dignity to be trampled on” (video)

Sputnik World - At a large event held in Mexico City's Zócalo, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned that his government would never allow the United States military to intervene in the Latin American country, supposedly to combat organized crime.

Before the insistence of several US lawmakers Regarding the possibility of Mexican Armed Forces conducting operations on Mexican soil to combat fentanyl trafficking, the Mexican president emphatically stated that this strategy does not even exist as a possibility.

"From this Zócalo, the political and cultural heart of Mexico, we remind the hypocritical and irresponsible politicians [of the United States] that Mexico is an independent and free country, not a colony or protectorate of the United States, and that they may threaten to commit any outrage, but we will never allow them to violate our sovereignty and trample on the dignity of our homeland," said López Obrador before tens of thousands of people, on the occasion of... Celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation.

He also argued that the congressmen and former officials who proposed interventionist policies in Mexico—such as Lindsey Graham, John Kennedy, and Mike Pompeo—"are used to seeing the speck in other people's eyes and not the log in their own."

According to the president, these politicians made such suggestions "as part of a propaganda plan" and "for electoral and political purposes."

“They argued that if we didn’t stop the fentanyl trafficking on the northern border, they would propose to their country’s Congress that American soldiers occupy our territory to confront organized crime,” said López Obrador.

The president also indicated that Mexico has energy and food security among its main objectives, as he has repeatedly stated that the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 and Western sanctions against Ukraine are lessons that all emerging economies should learn in order not to depend on foreign inputs. 

“We can guarantee that oil sovereignty is being ensured. Next year we will not buy gasoline, diesel or other petroleum derivatives from abroad. We will process all our raw materials,” said López Obrador.

Similarly, he took the opportunity to comment on the issue of presidential succession, which will take place in 2024 when the federal elections are held. According to him, the "transformation process" he leads will continue if someone from his party, Morena, remains in power.

"I am convinced that whichever candidate wins the vote to elect our movement's candidate will implement the same policies in favor of the people and the nation. Continuity is assured," he stated.