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Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) announced on Wednesday that he is preparing a book with proposals to "help" the United States, arguing that the neighboring country is facing a "decline" that would not be resolved "even if fentanyl were eliminated," amid growing pressure from Washington for Mexico to curb drug trafficking.
López Obrador reappeared on social media to present his new book, 'Pueblo' ('People'), dedicated to his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, whom he praised as "the best president in the world."
Two years after leaving the presidency, the former president promoted the book in a video on social media while addressing various political and social issues, including the relationship with the United States.
López Obrador considered that the neighboring country is facing a "decline" stemming from military spending, materialism, and family disintegration.
Given this outlook, he maintained that Mexico can "help," as it also faced "a decline" which, he said, was "turned around and a transformation was achieved," in reference to the changes promoted during his administration under the project known as the Fourth Transformation.
"I am going to write a book. The next one is going to be to make a proposal to them because we are neighbors, we are friends. Besides, if they do poorly, we will do poorly," López Obrador stated.
Although he did not elaborate on the proposals the book would contain, the politician emphasized that Mexico is "a cultural powerhouse" that has maintained its "moral" and "spiritual" values.
He also criticized the US anti-drug strategy and accused "its leaders" of not addressing the root causes of the problem while "thinking that they are going to solve everything with a heavy hand."
"Even if fentanyl were eliminated, they would not solve the problem because they would create other substances, as has already happened," he added.
López Obrador's message comes at a time of constant pressure from Washington on Mexico to contain drug trafficking, especially fentanyl, and growing allegations of ties between the government and organized crime.
Just on Tuesday, the newspaper The New York Times reported that at least two US agencies are analyzing allegations regarding possible ties between Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, the former president's son, and organized crime and fuel smuggling, although it clarified that there is no formal investigation against him.
That same day, the US Treasury Department sanctioned 21 individuals and 25 companies linked to the network of Ismael Zambada Sicairos, alias Mayito Flaco, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, and accused them of a "narcocorruption" scheme involving politicians and former officials from Baja California.
'Pueblo', published by Editorial Planeta, is composed of ten chapters in which López Obrador addresses the political history of Mexico from Independence to the present, including the Fourth Transformation, as the political movement still in power is known.
[Publicidad]