by MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that the apparent funding by the United States of an anti-corruption group critical of his government amounted to "interference.""They have no reason to give money to these organizations. It's an interference in the public life of our country, and Mexico is an independent, free and sovereign nation," he told reporters.Lopez Obrador said on May 7 that he had asked the United States to confirm whether it had given .8 million to the nongovernmental organization Mexicans Against Corruption since 2018.The self-styled anti-graft crusader said Monday that he had yet to receive a response.China DailyMexico president says US funding of NGO 'interference'
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MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that the apparent funding by the United States of an anti-corruption group critical of his government amounted to "interference."
"They have no reason to give money to these organizations. It's an interference in the public life of our country, and Mexico is an independent, free and sovereign nation," he told reporters.
Lopez Obrador said on May 7 that he had asked the United States to confirm whether it had given $1.8 million to the nongovernmental organization Mexicans Against Corruption since 2018.
The self-styled anti-graft crusader said Monday that he had yet to receive a response.
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