Cuba: Best wishes to the elected president of Mexico
Granma, June 4, 2024 —
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, congratulated the newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, with wishes for success in her administration and the willingness to continue strengthening the intimate brotherhood that unites our peoples.
In his account in the social network X, Díaz-Canel expressed that, through a phone call, he conveyed his admiration and sympathy for the victory.
In the same social network, Sheinbaum responded to Díaz-Canel, and affirmed that Mexico and Cuba are sister nations, united by ties of cooperation, solidarity and shared history.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela also highlighted the extraordinary demonstration of civic-mindedness and democracy that took place in Mexico on Sunday.
The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, highlighted that “Mexico elected a progressive as the first female president in its history. It is a triumph for the Mexican people and for its democracy, congratulations to my friend Claudia Sheinbaum, together we will work to see Latin America united and progressing”.
Like him, other presidents sent messages of congratulations for the victory, through their X accounts.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela highlighted the extraordinary demonstration of civility and democracy that was experienced in Mexico this Sunday. “I congratulate this noble people, its President Elect Claudia Sheinbaum, the Morena Party, the PT and the Social Movements,” he wrote.
On the other hand, also Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov congratulated Sheinbaum on her “impressive success” in Mexico’s presidential election. “We express hope that with the new Mexican leader our relations will further develop and gain new momentum,” he wrote on social networks.
The representative of the coalition of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), Labor and the Green Ecologist grouping parties, became the first woman to win the Presidency of Mexico, by obtaining between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes in the general elections.
Sheinbaum became the first woman to win Mexico’s presidency by winning between 58.3 and 60.7 percent of the vote in the election held the day before.