The First Lady of the United States arrives at Sheinbaum’s inauguration – Telemundo Bay Area 48
MEXICO CITY – United States First Lady Jill Biden is in Mexico to attend, on behalf of President Joe Biden, the inauguration of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s final event with foreign dignitaries.
Around 3:30/01:30 c, Jill Biden landed at Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), in the State of Mexico, where she was greeted by the US ambassador to the country, Ken Salazar.
On behalf of the Mexican government, Biden was welcomed by a delegation led by the next Secretary of State (SRE), Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
MRS BIDEN’S AGENDA IN MEXICO
The US representative is scheduled to speak Monday afternoon at a reception hosted by Salazar and then attend a dinner with Sheinbaum at the Mexico City Museum, along with other foreign leaders.
On Tuesday, Biden will attend the inauguration of the leader-elect at the San Lazaro Congress, a historic event, where Sheinbaum will become the first president.
That same afternoon, the US representative will have lunch with the outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), at the National Palace, according to her travel schedule, to return to her country on Wednesday morning.
Thus, Biden leads the US delegation to Sheinbaum’s inauguration, which also includes Ambassador Salazar, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and White House National Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall.
Also participating from the US is Isabel Casillas, from the Small Business Administration. Chris Murphy, Senator from Connecticut. Nanette Barragán, Congresswoman from California. Carlos Elizondo, White House social media secretary, and Regina Romero, mayor of Tucson, Arizona.
Although Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was expected to attend, he canceled due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in the United States.
Mexico’s president-elect said her husband will not be “the first gentleman” of the nation.
LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS ALREADY IN MEXICO
Moments before, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo and Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived at the same airport and in the afternoon they will attend a lunch hosted by López Obrador with other foreign leaders.
Previously, the president-elect mentioned in his statement the arrival at AIFA of the presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel. from Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; from Chile, Gabriel Boric. from Honduras, Xiomara Castro, and from Paraguay, Santiago Peña.
Tie Ning, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, and Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for External Affairs, also arrived.
Among the countries that will not attend Sheinbaum’s investiture, Spain stands out after the president-elect decided not to invite King Felipe VI because the monarch did not respond to a letter sent to him by López Obrador in March 2019 asking him to recognize the abuses committed. by the Spanish during the conquest.