In fact, Claudia Sheinbaum explained that she will not visit Ukraine yet, as she plans to focus on domestic political issues.
«If I wanted to look at a drug addict, I’d just take a walk in Tijuana» — this is how the newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, allegedly commented on her refusal to visit Ukraine. The news was spread by a number of pro-Russian accounts on the network, with comments such as «well said», «wise woman» and «soon the whole world will be saying the same thing». The news received significant coverage — one of the publications was shared by X (Twitter) users more than 1.8 thousand times.
However, this news is fake. It was first spread by the X (Twitter) account of Olga Bazova, which has a distinctly pro-Russian orientation, although the description of this profile states: «Specializing in humorous geopolitical analytics, exposing hypocrisy and ‼️satire». In response to her own post, the author of the account even noted that it was a joke and the president of Mexico did not make such statements. However, the context of the message was quickly lost, and therefore a large part of the audience took the statement exactly as the propaganda expected it and spread the news without this disclaimer.
The newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, did reject an invitation to visit Ukraine. However, she explained this by the fact that she does not plan to travel a lot in her position, as she would like to focus on the domestic political situation, and therefore will attend only the most important international events. Sheinbaum also added that she will continue her predecessor’s policy of non-interference in foreign affairs and will also support the peaceful settlement of all conflicts. Earlier, the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry sent Vladimir Putin an invitation to the inauguration of the new president, but another representative of Russia will attend the ceremony instead. Since Mexico recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Putin back in 2023, Ukraine appealed to the state to arrest the Russian president in the event of his arrival — however, the Mexican side rejected this request as well.
Read the refutation of another fake on the topic of international relations in the article Fake: Victoria Nuland Admitted that West Sabotaged Istanbul Negotiations in 2022.
