Mexico City, Mexico - As President Claudia Sheinbaum warns of political interference, a new poll reveals that Mexicans see the US as a "greater threat" than China or Russia.
A new survey conducted by Focaldata for the Rockefeller Foundation found that 58% of Mexican citizens considered the US under President Donald Trump a major threat. Meanwhile, only 27% said the same of China, and 34% of Russia.
The discovery was part of a wider study, which found that 73% of people in Indonesia think the same, alongside 59% in Brazil and 57% in Turkey.
In July, a report by Pew Research Center revealed that China and President Xi Jinping are being looked at increasingly favorably by people in Mexico and Canada. This is likely due to a continuing trade war that is being waged by Trump, slamming both nations with damaging tariffs.
Such polling comes at a time when Mexico's government is regularly warning of political interference from Washington, and pushing back against attempts to influence policy on organized crime and immigration.
"Interference does not solve problems; interference causes violence," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum declared at the Cattlemen's Fair in Culiacán on Sunday. "What does Mexico seek? Sovereignty, cooperation for development, which is what generates peace."
"We do not want interference from any foreign government in our territory; Mexicans decide our future!" Sheinbaum said during a speech, translated from Spanish.
Culiacán in the capital of Sinaloa, a Mexican state that has been rattled by cartel violence for years, and whose Governor Rubén Rocha Moya was indicted by the Department of Justice on allegations of being involved in organized crime.
"I repeat: Interference generates violence, cooperation for development generates peace, and what Sinaloa and the entire country need is peace with justice, freedom, and sovereignty," Sheinbaum said.