At the CELAC, the president called for the integration of Latin America…but doesn't even integrate the national health system
From Tegucigalpa, the president Claudia Sheinbaum proposed organizing a “Summit for the Economic Well-being of Latin America and the Caribbean.” The initiative was presented during the IX CELAC Summit, with the promise to “integrate the region” and strengthen cooperation between countries. But while delivering speeches abroad, in Mexico the reality is increasingly unsustainable.
Cumbre de la CELAC
Sheinbaum said that the summit will seek to build “shared prosperity” and respect among nations. She insisted that Latin America must unite in the face of global economic challenges. She said nothing about how she plans to unite a country fractured by drug trafficking, impunity, and institutional collapse.
A government that preaches abroad and fails at home
The president emphasized “human mobility and the structural causes of inequality.” He spoke of migration, unemployment, and violence…but in an international context. In Mexico, the same issues remain unsolved and with manipulated figures.
Cumbre CELAC 2025
He called for the end of blockades against Cuba and Venezuela, but remained silent on the blockades by organized crime in Guerrero or Michoacán. He promoted clean energy and scientific development, although Mexican universities face cuts, neglect, and ideological censorship.
CELAC as a showcase, not a solution
The proposal was well received by some regional leaders. But at its core, the summit is another staging to gain political capital with empty rhetoric. Mexico can't lead Latin America if it can't guarantee security, health, or justice at home.
The country is experiencing a crisis of trust, unstoppable violence, and broken structures. Meanwhile, the president continues touring, lecturing on integration.
As the morenistas have accustomed us, Claudia intends to be a streetlight on the street, darkness at home. Offering support to countries with problems, ignoring her own citizens whose security and health should be the priorities.
Because for this government, it's easier to talk about continental unity, than to face the national disunity left after six years of simulation.
Claudia wants to be president of the continent, but she can't even be the mayor of her reality. Because governing well requires more than catchphrases, it requires results. And in that, Morena has been an expert: poor, null, or catastrophic results.
