MVP Kamala's schedule for June 8th

by Zef Dahlia - June 09, 2021

Later in the evening of June 7th, Madam Vice President depart Air Force Base in Guatemala City for her second trip arrives at Benito Juarez International Airport for her official visit to Mexico in Mexico City. She was welcome by the current Interim US Ambassador to Mexico, John S. Creamer

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June 8th:

1) Before the roundtable meeting with the Mexican authorities, Vice President Harris met with Mexico's Head of State President Andrés Manuel López Obrador where she was given a tour of the Palacio Nacional, which doubles as the President's Official residence, and showed her “The History of Mexico” by Diego Rivera.

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2) Then there was a signing of a memorandum of Understanding(MOU) which she witnessed, along with President Lopez Obrador, between the American and Mexican governments on migration cooperation on the Patio de Honor. The memorandum was to establish a strategic partnership to cooperate on development programs in the region

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3) Following that, the Vice President and the Mexican President met for private meetings and broader talks where it was reportedly said that the Vice President told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that she saw him as a partner in tackling migration as they both agreed to deepen economic ties and invest to improve conditions in Central America.

Much of the focus for Tuesday's meeting was on improving livelihoods, and the United States pledged an additional $130 million over three years to support Mexican worker rights along with a goal of creating $250 million in investment and sales in southern Mexico, it said in a vaguely worded statement.

It was reported that the two sides will hold a meeting known as a high-level economic dialogue in September to look at ways to promote investment and make the most of a new trade deal, statements from both governments said.

Participating in the meeting from the Mexican side included: Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard; Government Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero and the head of the National Immigration Institute, Francisco Garduño.

Representing the United States apart from the Vice President, were the charge d’affaires at the US Embassy in Mexico, John S. Creamer, and the special US envoy for the Northern Triangle of Central America, Ricardo Zuñiga, Juan Gonzalez, a special assistant to US President Joe Biden and senior director of the National Security Council for the Western Hemisphere and among others.

4) Later she met with female entrepreneurs in a hotel in downtown Mexico City. During their meeting, she listened to their stories on their business, how the pandemic have affected their business, life as a woman in Mexico.

5) Then she met with labor leaders in Mexico to express the United State’s solidarity with them. Supporting them to encourage workers are strong, our economies are strong. After which she met with and greeted the US Embassy's Mexico staff.