Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the Republic, from all social strata and of all ages, gathered in the Zócalo in Mexico City to show their support for the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
With flags of unions, town halls and universities and under a blazing sun, the crowd greeted Claudia with shouts of
“President, President” and “you are not alone”.
“I promised you that there would never be a divorce between the people and the government and here we are together. We were formed in the public square and here we are, in the public square”
Just two days after the 25% tariffs were applied to products exported to the neighboring country, in a call between Sheinbaum and Trump, they agreed to postpone them until April 2, as both posted on their social networks that the work and collaboration is on track in terms of border security, with the illegal trafficking of fentanyl to the United States and arms trafficking to Mexico.
“We met to congratulate ourselves because in the relationship with the United States government, dialogue and respect prevailed, and the tariffs that were being applied to exported products were lifted.”
The New York businessman and president, due to internal pressures from the large consortiums, especially from the automotive sector and due to the solid arguments that Claudia and her security and economic teams have openly presented, has already postponed the tariffs on two occasions. This has led to an increase in Sheinbaum’s popularity, which contrasts with Trump’s decline.
“This assembly was called in case we did not reach an agreement and with the aim of announcing a strategy and actions that we had prepared months in advance.” “I am not afraid because there is a whole people that supports me.”
The President did not miss the opportunity to mention the invasion we suffered in 1846 and the dispossession of a large part of our territory. On the other hand, she also highlighted moments of collaboration and support between the two countries, for example when Benito Juárez received support from Abraham Lincoln in the fight against the French invasion, “in fact, the United States never recognized Maximilian’s second empire”; or when in 1913, it did not recognize the usurper Victoriano Huerta. He insisted on continuing to collaborate so that the drug fentanyl does not reach young Americans or anywhere else in the world. He mentioned a relevant fact: according to the US Customs and Border Protection Office, between October 2024 and January 2025, the crossing of this opioid decreased by 50%, and by 41% from January to March. She thanked Trump for recognizing the value of the drug use prevention campaign launched in Mexico and for wanting to implement it in his country. In addition, they have been asked to apply themselves to preventing high-powered weapons from crossing into our territory.
With the United States, we do not compete, we complement each other and in doing so, we strengthen our economies and the well-being of our peoples.
“It is not only a matter of security but of well-being, of love and of values”
Regarding the USMCA, the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada, she recalled that from the moment it was signed by the three countries, it was conceived as the region’s option for confronting the economic growth of Asia and, later, advancing in the project of integrating the entire American continent. She thanked the business sector for its support in this difficult moment. She emphasized the failure of the neoliberal model that only distributed resources “upwards” and that Mexican humanism operates in reverse, it is distributed from the bottom up and thus Mexico flourishes.
Work will continue with four maxims:
1.- For the good of all, the poor come first.
2.- There cannot be a rich government with a poor people.
3.- Healthy food, education, healthcare, housing and fair wages are the rights of the Mexican people. They are not commodities or privileges.
4.- With the people, everything; without the people, nothing.
Strategy
1.- Strengthen the domestic market and continue to increase the minimum wage.
2.- Increase self-sufficiency in food and energy.
3.- Promote public investment for job creation, starting with the construction of trains from Mexico City to the border at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and to Nogales, Sonora. In addition to roads, infrastructure works and 1 million homes committed.
4.- Promote national production for the domestic market with Plan Mexico.
5.- Strengthen welfare programs (pensions for the elderly, scholarships, support for people with disabilities, support for women between 60 and 64 years of age, scholarships for public school children and a health program, house by house).
She concluded by recalling that on June 1st there will be elections for the Judiciary, and the people will decide by popular vote who will be judges and ministers.
“Our strength is the people”
“Be assured that your President, with courage and heart, will never betray you and that I will always put my heart, mind, energy and even my life itself for our dear and beloved Mexico”.
Long live Mexico!
