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RFI interviewed Jesús Rezendiz, economist and former adviser to the progressive caucus of the Democrats and the Mexican Chamber of Deputies about the meeting in Mexico this Monday between the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, and President López Obrador in the framework of the so-called High Level Economic Dialogue. The meeting will be mostly political, taking into account the November elections in the United States, says Rezendiz.
Less than two months before the mid-term elections in the United States, the Blinken-AMLO meeting will have a more political than economic tint. Although this forum should deal with investment in the border between Mexico and Central America, to prevent migration, the issue of security, in particular the role that the Mexican National Guard should play, will be on the table, economist Jesús Rezendiz explained to RFI. .
“The backbone of that discussion is going to be focused on ensuring that the migratory flow continues to be contained on the northern border of Mexico with the United States. This mainly because the United States is about to have midterm elections. From my perspective, more than an (authentic) economic discussion table, it will be a table where the progress made on the migration issue will be evaluated. Because an election is approaching and we see that the electorate of the United States pays a lot of attention to that issue. Mexico plays an important role as a containment barrier and that is why there was enormous pressure on the political parties here in Mexico to pass the National Guard Law. This consists of the National Guard being incorporated into the Mexican army. The National Guard has been one of the mechanisms used by the Mexican government to contain the flow of migrants to the United States. And this somehow guarantees that the National Guard is at the service of these objectives.”
RFI. Can we then think that the government of President López Obrador will follow the path of previous governments, among others, that of Peña Nieto, in the sense of becoming the ‘guard dog’ of the border to stop migrants passing to the United States? Joined?
Jesus Rezendiz. “Yes”.
RFI. Now, if the intention of the United States is to stop migrants from reaching it, why not invest to prevent it?
Jesus Rezendiz. “Well, that would definitely be the ideal, that is, for the United States to inject a significant amount of dollars in all these ways to generate employment in all those (Latin American) economies that are practically in disarray. But given the conditions in the United States United, the political dynamics, we are seeing that the Biden government is afraid of spending in a deficit way. What the United States government is looking for is to maintain moderate public spending, especially due to the political pressures that are coming. The electorate ( United States) does not look favorably on the fact that much more is being spent because, in the context of inflation, it is mistakenly believed that it is spending that is generating these inflationary pressures”.
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