2024-07-18 06:43:40
“Before I leave, I have to resolve this, we are going to resolve it legally, there is already a closure, like that, but I want it to be a definitive closure, because they have caused a lot of damage.”
Thus, the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador The complaint it maintains with the American company has raised the tone Vulcan for exploitation Calica -located in Quintana Roo- and which has even led to clashes with the government of EU.
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On Wednesday, when questioned about the subject, Lopez Obrador He indicated that he is going for the closure and is confident that the Government of Mexico I won the subsequent litigation:
“The Mexican government will win, the Mexican government has to win in the arbitration, because there is no way they are going to support the ecocide that has been committed in that area, those who talk about facing climate change and everything demagogically.”
76 days before leaving office, Lopez Obrador He pointed out that his administration has already offered a purchase agreement with the owners, but that they are not well advised, and it affects them “to have Mexican lawyers, very accustomed to the layout” and although, according to his statement, they are still waiting for the change of Government to continue with what he called “destruction of the territory,” that is no longer possible due to the “damage they have done to Mexico”.
He also revealed that the company was offered to “remove the fines for the damages caused because they violated all environmental legislation, that is proven.”
So much so that he accused some lawyers in Mexico “they were coaxed” to seek protests from the senators of EU with the argument that it would be an expropriation, which he denied; he said that it was a matter of “applying the law.”
In his morning press conference on May 22, López Obrador lashed out at the secretary of EU State, Antony Blinkenbefore whom Vulcan lobbied about it:
“As long as I am president, we will not allow them to continue destroying the territory (…) we do not want to bring investment at any price, much less for investment to come and destroy our territories, no. It is better that they do not come than that they go somewhere else.”
On May 21, in a session with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rep. Tim Kaine questioned Blinken on the issue, telling him that López Obrador “has tried to appropriate this land on two occasions, including with police and military invasions.”
In view of this, the secretary of state He said that the case was subject to arbitration and that: “We have raised the point in a generic way to the Government of Mexicoincluding the president, that confiscating private companies is not a good way to attract investment.”
Hence the response of the Mexican president, who took the opportunity to openly criticize the Government of Joe Biden saying:
“I’ll make a parenthesis. To underline the hypocrisy of raising the flag of avoiding climate change. And at the same time destroying the territory. Where are the environmentalists? With what ethical and moral authority do we talk about destroying the environment if these things are protected?”
#TheMorning | @lopezobrador_ He says that he wants the Calica mine to be definitively closed before his term ends, even though a trial will follow, which he hopes the Mexican government will win. pic.twitter.com/1MAldehGcT
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Lopez Obrador He stressed that the case of Calica It is an example of the influence of certain companies EU in Congress, since they finance the campaigns of both legislators and presidents.
He then stressed that it is not an expropriation but a closure, as he maintains that: “It would be an aberration to allow the continued destruction of the territory with a bank of materials to build the carts in the United States. It may be that their rights and property are preserved, but they should not exploit or dedicate that property to an activity that destroys the territory.”
And to all those in the opposition who defend the interests of foreign companies with the discourse that “we need investment” despite the fact that working conditions for Mexicans are poor, he said:
“No! Mexico has a lot of economic and cultural potential, and a lot of dignity, and they are no longer the governments of before, which were like puppets of foreign interests… We do not accept humiliation from anyone.”
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