English Version — Official International Statement
Honorable Senators,
Distinguished guests,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Representatives of the Jewish Community,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I thank the Senate of the Republic for the invitation to join you in this meaningful act of remembrance.
Today, we do not only recall a historical event.
Today, we remember lives.
Lives cut short by hatred, intolerance, and indifference.
Millions of men, women, and children—victims of the Holocaust—whose memory continues to speak to us.
But this day also reminds us that even in the darkest moments, there were those who chose the light.
Gilberto Bosques SaldÃvar was one of them.
My grandfather understood that diplomacy could not be limited to documents or protocols when human lives were at risk.
He understood that silence can become a form of complicity, and that acting—even amid great danger—was a moral obligation.
When many chose to look away, Mexico chose to face reality.
When fear closed borders, Mexico opened doors.
And because of that, thousands were able to live again… to hope again…
to rebuild a future…
to recover faith.
The Holocaust did not begin with extreme violence or death.
It began with words.
With exclusion.
With the normalization of contempt.
With everyday indifference.
With a fanatical desire for ethnic superiority and someone else’s land.
Therefore, memory is not only remembrance.
It is a permanent warning.
And an active responsibility.
Today, as we witness a troubling rise in antisemitism and in discourses that dehumanize others, memory becomes even more urgent.
These are not issues of the past—they are challenges of the present.
And in the face of these challenges, the example of Gilberto Bosques SaldÃvar comes alive once more:
his conviction that no identity, no belief, and no community should ever be persecuted;
his certainty that human dignity is indivisible.
His legacy reminds us that indifference is never an option.
To the young people listening today:
History is not distant or foreign.
Every generation faces its own ethical test.
And each must decide whether to remain silent…
or to act with humanity.
The legacy of Gilberto Bosques SaldÃvar does not belong to the past.
It lives every time someone defends the dignity of another.
Every time hatred is rejected.
Every time empathy overcomes fear.
It lives in every act of humanity.
Remembering is not enough.
Commemorating is not enough.
We truly honor the victims of the Holocaust only when we turn memory into conscience…
and conscience into action.
May this day remind us that humanity has no borders,
that dignity has no nationality,
and that as long as living memory endures…
there will always be hope.
Thank you.
