Mexico’s Fake Non-Intervention Doctrine Exposed: From Maximilian to Maduro

Mexico preaches the Estrada Doctrine of “non-intervention”—but the MORENA regime under AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum has propped up dictators in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and beyond while trafficking millions across the U.S. border. Joshua Treviño and Ariana Guajardo trace the hypocrisy from the 1860s French invasion and Maximilian’s fall to today’s oil shipments to Havana and Cuban “doctors” (read: spies) in Mexico City.

00:00 – Intro: Lincoln, Maximilian, and the birth of U.S. non-recognition
02:15 – The Estrada Doctrine: 1930 promise Mexico never kept
05:40 – Spanish Civil War: Mexico arms the Reds alongside Stalin
08:10 – 1915 Plan de San Diego: Mexican-backed race war in Texas
12:30 – 2019: Mexican Air Force rescues Evo Morales
15:45 – CELAC vs. OAS: MORENA’s anti-U.S. parallel summit
19:20 – Sheinbaum at CELAC 2025: “No coercion”… while sending oil to Maduro
22:50 – Cuban agents in Mexico & record oil exports to Havana
26:30 – María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize—and Sheinbaum’s silence

Creators and Guests

Host

Ariana Guajardo

Ariana Guajardo is a videographer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation with a passion for video editing and graphic animation. Ariana was originally born in Austin, but spent most of her life in the Rio Grande Valley.

Host

Joshua Treviño

Joshua S. Treviño is the Chief of Intelligence and Research at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, in which role he explores pathways for future Foundation action and develops forecasts for Texas and the nation. Prior to his service as CIO, he was vice president of strategy at the Illinois Policy Institute in Chicago and a United States Army officer.

What is The Hard Country?

Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford of the Texas Public Policy Foundation discuss U.S.-Mexico relations, border security, and some Texas history.