Claudia Sheinbaum did not need much to respond 🇲🇽 When a journalist asked her about the statements by Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who said that a woman had moved from Vancouver to Mexico “to feel safer”, the Mexican president was direct: “What is experienced in Mexico is not experienced in the United States or in Canada.”
And she had more than enough arguments to back it up. ⚽🔥 Just days earlier, hundreds of thousands of people flooded one of Mexico City’s main avenues to celebrate the national team’s victory over South Korea. Sheinbaum described the World Cup atmosphere as “a feeling of happiness, joy, welcome, and affection” that the two co-host countries simply cannot match. She even invited to the press conference the family whose pet duck, Merlin, became one of the tournament’s unexpected stars.
In addition, she took the opportunity to deliver another forceful fact: her government reduced the intentional homicide rate by 46% in just 20 months. 📊💥 “What is certain is that we have made a lot of progress in Mexico”, Sheinbaum concluded. Mexico, host city, host nation, and now also a protagonist off the field.
