López Obrador announces a new stage for Iberdrola, Repsol, OHL and BBVA: "They saw us as a land of conquest"

The Mexican president,

, has qualified this Thursday his controversial statements in which he

, clarifying that his words were addressed to "Spanish companies, supported by political power, that abused our country, of our people and who saw us as a land of conquest", such as

, whom he mentioned directly.

Despite having rejected any type of rupture at the diplomatic level, the Mexican leader

for Spanish investments in the country, considering that some companies obtained large contracts during previous governments through "influencerism."

"What I said yesterday is: let's go, for the good of our peoples, to have a break, I didn't talk about breaking up, we're going to calm down the relationship so that people no

, that's already happened ", assured the president.

Thus, he has announced the opening of a new stage for Spanish companies in the country:

, they haven't, it doesn't matter, but we are going to enter a new stage slowly".

At the insistence of journalists, the Mexican president has rejected that his continuous attacks against Spain and its companies respond to "phobia or xenophobia, no, what we have to do is respect each other."

López Obrador conquered the Presidency through a

with which he presented himself as the "savior" of the oppressed people against the economic elites that controlled political power during previous administrations.

According to the Mexican president,

: "in each six-year term there was a favorite company of Spain. Former president

finished his term and went to work on the board of directors of

. This meant that

(...) this type of relationship costs us a lot, we are talking about subsidies, money from all Mexicans that, instead of being used to lift the people out of poverty, was used to favor these companies."

López Obrador's statements come when his controversial energy reform, which prioritizes the generation of electricity through state companies to the detriment of private ones, is close to being approved by the Chambers.

In addition to Iberdrola, the Mexican president

: "only the analysis of how much they took from Mexico during the Calderón government would help to understand that it

."

He has also denounced that "

, also Spanish, all the

."

The Mexican president has cited several Spanish companies linked to different sectors of the economy to convey the idea that they share the same allegedly corrupt practices "even in the management of tourism, public officials put them on the table."

López Obrador has also pointed out to those responsible for

, the largest banking entity in Mexico, of

: "the president of the Bancomer board, which now belongs to Spanish businessmen, spoke in against me in the last campaign saying that I was a populist.

, because there is no break, if it is necessary to clarify that we are going slowly, because sometimes it takes time for it to be understood that they are already other conditions. As the looting took a long time during the neoliberal period, it is not possible to internalize that

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