“There is no reason to worry,” says Mexican president after Trump victory

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told citizens on Wednesday (6) that there was “no cause for concern” after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, while other Latin American leaders congratulated the winner.

Sheinbaum added that the government will wait to formally recognize a winner until vote counts are finalized, after preliminary results from voting overnight gave Donald Trump the victory.

The left-wing leader also sought to calm concerns ahead of the former US president’s return to power, after Mexico’s peso currency took a significant hit in overnight trading.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, El Salvador’s Bukele, Guatemala’s Bernardo Arevalo and Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez took to social media to congratulate Trump.

Trump, 78, regained the White House on Wednesday after a campaign marked by dark rhetoric that deepened polarization in the country, prevailing after two assassination attempts and a late decision by Democrats to run against Kamala Harris when President Joe Biden withdrew. of the dispute in July.

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This content was originally published in “There is no reason to worry”, says President of Mexico after Trump’s victory on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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