The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed that she held a telephone conversation with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in which they addressed the situation in Venezuela and Latin America, as well as issuing a measured statement to her counterpart from the United States, Donald Trump. As LPO had anticipated, despite the complaints from both governments about U.S. intervention, both Sheinbaum and Lula prefer to remain on the sidelines of a direct front against Trump. The president of Mexico even emphasized in her conversation with the Brazilian leader her good diplomatic relationship with the United States. "I invited President Sheinbaum to visit Brazil, on a date to be negotiated between the foreign ministries of both countries... and we agreed to establish cooperation in combating violence against women," he added. This publication anticipated that Lula da Silva seeks to maintain a distance with Donald Trump to avoid his interference in the upcoming October elections, where he will compete against the son of his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, and it should be noted that the right-wing family maintains a great relationship with the U.S. leader. On the other hand, President Claudia Sheinbaum maintains a certain cordiality with Trump due to their territorial proximity, the joint security strategy they maintain, as well as the trade policy that includes the prompt review of the USMCA (T-MEC). "We talked about many topics, the situation in Latin America, I explained to President Lula that we have a joint security strategy with President Trump, yesterday I asked the Foreign Minister to make contact with the Secretary of State and speak with Trump to strengthen the relationship we have," commented the head of state. Sheinbaum Pardo detailed that they also spoke about joint strategies on security, in the eradication of violence against women, as well as the possibility of visiting Brazil in May of this year. All of this, in turn, was confirmed by President Lula da Silva. "I spoke on the phone this Thursday with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. We repudiate the attacks against Venezuelan sovereignty and reject any vision that may imply the outdated division of the world into spheres of influence," shared the Brazilian leader.
