Mexico’s President said that on average, 10,000 migrants are crossing the border each day. He blamed the U.S. sanctions against countries such as Cuba and Venezuela.

The President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador stated that the increase in migrants at the northern border of Mexico with the United States is partly due to the approximately 6,000 migrants who crossed into Mexico each day from Guatemala during the last week.

He said that many of these migrants travel on a route in Central America, which includes the jungle-clad Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia.

Lopez Obrador appeared to agree with Colombian President Gustavo Petro that the U.S. sanctions against countries such as Venezuela and Cuba, which have a high proportion of migrants, are responsible for the current situation. Experts believe that economic mismanagement and political oppression are to blame for a large part of the migrant flow from these countries.

Both governments have been sanctioned by the United States for what they consider to be suppression of democracy. Lopez Obrador said that the sanctions were not imposed to protect human rights but because of ideological differences. He also stated that the “sanctions” and “blockades” could no longer be maintained.

The government of Petro has been criticized for not doing enough to stop the massive smuggling through Colombia. The government of Lopez Obrador has done very little to stop migrants hopping on freight trains heading for the U.S. Border.

Lopez Obrador has also criticized U.S. assistance for Ukraine, and suggested that the United States spend some of the money they send to Ukraine on the economic development of Latin America.

He said that the U.S. “doesn’t do anything.” “It is more than they give for poverty relief in Latin America and Caribbean, it’s a lot more.”

He said that the U.S. should “remove blockades” and “stop harassing independent, free countries.” There should also be “an integrated cooperation plan so that Venezuelans (and Cubans), Nicaraguans (and Ecuadorans), Guatemalans (and Hondurans) and Hondurans would not be forced to leave their country.

In recent weeks, there has been an increase in Venezuelan migrants crossing the border into Mexico to get to the United States. The migrants claim that the deteriorating political and economic conditions in their country led them on the journey.

Mexico condemned the Russian invasion in Ukraine, but adopted a neutral policy and refused to take part in sanctions. Mexico continues to purchase COVID vaccines of the 2020 vintage from Russia and Cuba.