Politics · Mexico · 6 hrs ago
Sheinbaum says López Obrador and Cárdenas had differences, not a feud
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas had differences, not a feud.
She was responding to social activist Marco Rascón’s claim that López Obrador organized boos against Cárdenas and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo in 2005.
Sheinbaum defended López Obrador, saying he visited Cárdenas after winning the 2018 election and invited him to join his government.
Cárdenas, a leading figure on the Mexican left, later criticized López Obrador’s government, including its decision to prioritize the Dos Bocas refinery over oil exploration and production.
Their disagreements were documented in Cárdenas’s 2022 book, and López Obrador said in 2023 that he viewed Cárdenas as a political adversary.
Sheinbaum said she would attend Cárdenas’s memorial at Bellas Artes in Mexico City, arriving in the afternoon.
Claudia Sheinbaum said Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas had differences but were not enemies.
Sheinbaum rejected an accusation that López Obrador organized booing of Cárdenas and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo in 2005.
She said López Obrador visited Cárdenas after winning the 2018 election and invited him to join his government.
Cárdenas had publicly criticized policies of López Obrador’s government, including its decision to prioritize the Dos Bocas refinery.
Cárdenas died on October 29, and a public tribute was scheduled at Bellas Artes on October 30.
- Who
- President Claudia Sheinbaum discussed former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas.
- What
- She said they had differences, not a feud, and denied that López Obrador organized booing against Cárdenas.
- When
- She made the remarks in an article published October 30, 2026, referring to events in 2005 and 2018.
- Where
- The remarks were reported in Mexico; a tribute to Cárdenas was scheduled at Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
- Why
- Sheinbaum responded to an accusation by social leader Marco Rascón and described the relationship between López Obrador and Cárdenas.
Claudia Sheinbaum
Marco Rascón
Alleged 2005 booing
Claudia Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum denied that there was a rivalry and rejected the accusation that López Obrador organized booing against Cárdenas and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo.
Marco Rascón
Rascón accused López Obrador of organizing booing against Cárdenas and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo in 2005.
Relationship between López Obrador and Cárdenas
Claudia Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum said they had differences but were not enemies.
Marco Rascón
Rascón's accusation alleged conduct directed against Cárdenas; the article does not state his view of their broader relationship.
Marco Rascón accused López Obrador of organizing booing against Cárdenas and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo.
After winning the election, López Obrador visited Cárdenas the following day and invited him to join his government, according to Sheinbaum.
Cárdenas published Por una democracia progresista, where he set out disagreements with policies of López Obrador’s government.
López Obrador said he viewed Cárdenas as a political adversary.
Cárdenas died, according to the article.
Sheinbaum’s remarks were reported, and a tribute to Cárdenas was scheduled at Bellas Artes.
- Accuser
- Marco Rascón, social leader
- Alleged booing
- 2005; Cárdenas and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
- Election
- López Obrador won in 2018
- Cárdenas book
- Por una democracia progresista, published in 2022
- Tribute venue
- Bellas Artes, Mexico City
- Published
- October 30, 2026
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What people are saying
They had their differences, yes. Look at what this says about the greatness of a man, who says: ‘Even when I have my differences and everything, I have to recognize the person who invited me to this movement of transformation and who made the first break with a corrupt and authoritarian regime’
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a great fighter for democracy in this country and the initiator of a city of rights and freedoms.