Humanidad con América Latina, the civil association promoted by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to encourage the public to send support to the Cuban people, was established on March 9 of this year—just six days ago.
Within four business days, it obtained authorization to receive donations from Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, headed by Édgar Amador Zamora.
The organization’s legal representative is Carlos Pellicer López, nephew of poet Carlos Pellicer Cámara, who in turn served as a political mentor.
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The book by journalist Roberto Rock, “La historia detrás del desastre. Crónica de una herencia envenenada” (“The Story Behind the Disaster: Chronicle of a Poisoned Inheritance”), recounts that López Obrador, at age 23 in 1976, joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to coordinate the campaign of poet Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977) for senator from the state of Tabasco under the PRI banner. Pellicer served in the position for less than a year.
“Pellicer had become a benefactor of university students who struggled to make ends meet at the Casa del Estudiante Tabasqueño, on Violeta Street in the Guerrero neighborhood, in downtown Mexico City. Among them were Humberto Mayans Canabal and López Obrador,” Rock writes in his book.
Pellicer also introduced López Obrador to then-governor Leandro Rovirosa to ask him to give the young politician a job. He likewise brought him closer to Ignacio Ovalle, who was responsible for the Coplamar program—focused on assisting marginalized areas—and the National Indigenous Institute.
Context: On Saturday, March 14, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shared a message on social media calling for a citizen fundraising drive aimed at supporting the people of Cuba. From his political retirement, the former head of state asked the Mexican public for financial support to gather resources that will be sent to the island.
In his post, López Obrador explained that the aid is intended to purchase basic necessities. The message included an invitation to participate through voluntary financial contributions. The call circulated on digital platforms linked to the former president.
“I am in retirement, but it pains me that they seek to exterminate, because of their ideals of freedom and defense of sovereignty, the brotherly people of Cuba,” López Obrador said in the message shared on social media.
Call for donations
The former president invited people to make deposits into a bank account opened by the civil association Humanidad con América Latina. The announcement states that the funds will be used to purchase food, medicine, oil, and gasoline for the Cuban population.
López Obrador said the account corresponds to number 1358451779 at Banorte bank. In his message, he asked each person to contribute according to their means and stated that the initiative comes from citizens, journalists, and writers who make up the organization.
“Therefore, I invite everyone to deposit into Banorte account 1358451779 of the civil association Humanidad con América Latina (…) to buy food, medicine, oil and gasoline, and help the Cuban people,” he said.
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