Mexican president pressures US to stop aid for NGO
Source: Associated Press
Mexican president pressures US to stop aid for NGO
May 19, 2021
MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador upped the pressure on the United States Wednesday to end aid payments to an anti-corruption group.
López Obrador claims that the U.S. payments are tantamount to interfering in Mexicos internal affairs and funding the opposition to his government.
It would be like the Mexican Embassy in the United States giving money to the opposition, the president said. They should not be giving money any more.
In early May, just before an online meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, López Obrador said Mexico had filed a diplomatic note with the U.S. Embassy on the issue.
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López Obrador has long attacked nongovernmental organizations like Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, which he says has received about $2.5 million in U.S. money.
He claims the group is aligned with the opposition, though it says it simply monitors government spending and programs for abuses. It was founded three years before López Obrador took office and has criticized previous governments and other parties.
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