International Press Covers Sheinbaum's Barcelona Summit Amid Mexico-Spain Diplomatic Thaw

International and Spanish-language media provided extensive coverage on April 11 of Sheinbaum's announced April 18 trip to Barcelona for the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM) summit. La Jornada, El Diario (España), and other outlets highlighted that the visit will mark the first Mexican presidential visit to Spain in eight years — repairing a diplomatic rift that AMLO had maintained over historical grievances related to the Spanish conquest. The summit will bring together Latin American progressive leaders (Lula, Petro, Orsi) alongside European Socialist leaders (Sánchez, Costa) to discuss coordinated responses to rising right-wing governments globally. Catalan public broadcaster RAB confirmed the participation list and described the meeting as the inaugural session of a new permanent international progressive coordination platform. Analysts noted that Sheinbaum's attendance signals both a return to traditional Mexican multilateralism after AMLO's relative isolationism, and a deliberate effort to diversify Mexico's international relationships beyond the fraught relationship with Trump's Washington. The summit platform was originally proposed by former Chilean President Gabriel Boric.