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Mexican President asks US to cease funding opposition groups

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Overview

  • Mexico President López Obrador has written a letter to President Joe Biden complaining that the US government is funding organizations opposed to his administration.
  • President did not specify which Mexican groups the US should stop funding
  • López Obrador claims that the United States Agency for International Development has been funding "organizations openly opposed to the legal and legitimate government."
  • Mexico had previously sent a similar letter to USAID in 2021
  • President has criticized USAID-backed free speech group Article 19 and Mexicans against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI)