Nov. 28, 2022 (EIRNS)–President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called a march in Mexico City on Sunday, Nov. 27, to which he would give a report on his government, four years in. An estimated 1.2 million Mexicans turned out, according to the official report by the (pro-AMLO) head of the Mexico City government, Claudia Sheinbaum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a real show of force by AMLO against the neocon-led destabilization of his government. The crowd was very large and very festive, full of mariachi bands and people doing traditional Mexican dances as they marched, with delegations from around the country participating with their signs identifying their city or region. The slogans chanted were simple: \u00abAMLO, you are not alone;\u00bb \u00abIt is an honor to be with Obrador;\u00bb and \u00abMexico is my party.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Schiller Institute was present, using the occasion to advise Mexicans of the nuclear war danger facing the world. As people gathered for the march to start, organizers gave megaphone briefings and distributed 2,000 leaflets next to their very big banner reading, \u00abCitizens of the World: Unite. Stop Nuclear War! For a New World Economic Order. The Schiller Institute,\u00bb which they then carried as part of the march. While some were taken aback by the Schiller Institute\u2019s message in the midst of this great fiesta, many people listened carefully to the briefings and were happy to take a leaflet. Many took videos and photos of the banner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike the march organized against him by the ultra-right opposition three weeks before, which saw perhaps 60,000 in a rich area of the city, when AMLO began his hour and a half speech, Mexico City\u2019s giant Zocalo central square was full. The President began by noting his happiness that the majority of people participating in the march were young people. He reviewed his administration\u2019s efforts, in particular, to \u00abput the poor first,\u00bb and push aside the oligarchy\u2019s grip on the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President told the march that Mexico\u2019s foreign policy is one of \u00abnon-intervention, self-determination, cooperation for development, and the peaceful solution of disputes; we act on the basis of the ideal of universal brotherhood.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also delivered an implicit warning to the rightwing opposition being mounted against him. Mexico is a \u00absanctuary of freedom\u00bb and the right to freedom of speech and dissent today, he said. \u00abFor example, here, in Mexico City, a few days ago, without any obstacle, the most famous personalities of the world\u2019s ultra-right held their summit here.\u00bb He then added: \u00abWe never again wish to apply Article 33 of the Constitution, and we do not want anyone to call anyone a pernicious foreigner.\u00bb He did not say, but everyone knows, that Art. 33, which states that \u00abforeigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country,\u00bb grants the President \u00abthe power to expel from national territory any foreigner, according to the law, after a hearing.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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