Mexico and Peru

On Monday, May 15, Mexican President Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) refused to hand over control of the Pacific Alliance to Peru’s linemate president, Dina Boluarte. A few Latin American nations have protested against the recent coup on Peru, holding “consensus between Mexico, Colombia and Chile not to give the presidency of the alliance to Peru.’

“There are four countries [in the bloc]: Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru. And the opinion of the president of Colombia is similar to mine and the president of Chile. He is [also] not interested in giving Peru the presidency of this group called the Pacific Alliance… We can hand it over to Chile, to Colombia and let them decide what they [want to] do, but this lady, with all due respect, [is] a usurper, [who] expelled our ambassador from Peru,” said AMLO in response to a journalist’s question during his daily morning press conference.

AMLO suggested that “Boluarte leave the presidency to Castillo, who obtained a legitimate victory in free elections.”