Skip to comments.
Mexico Recalls Ambassador From Cuba
The Las Vegas Sun ^
| May 02, 2004 at 18:56:20 PDT
| ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 05/02/2004 7:16:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico recalled its ambassador from Cuba and will expel Cuba's ambassador after officials concluded the communist-run government interfered in Mexico internal affairs, Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez announced Sunday.
The diplomatic furor came as relations soured over Mexico's supporting a U.N. rebuke of Cuba's human rights record. A day earlier, in his annual May Day speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro denounced Mexico over the vote and said it had lost the ability to act independently.
Derbez said the respective ambassadors have 48 hours to leave their posts. The decision stops short of severing diplomatic ties but reduces contacts to the level of business attache.
President Vicente Fox took action after officials discovered that Cuban Communist party members entered Mexico on diplomatic passports and held a "political reunion" with others without going through diplomatic channels, Interior Secretary Santiago Creel said. He did not say with whom the officials met.
The decision also came amid an ongoing political scandal between the two countries, after a Mexican businessman was videotaped passing large wads of cash to elected Cuban officials.
--
TOPICS: Cuba; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birdsofafeather
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Has this ever happened before?--trying to gauge how significant it is.
2
posted on
05/02/2004 7:19:25 PM PDT
by
Fedora
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
A Mexican businessman was videotaped passing large wads of cash to elected Cuban officials. -Associated PressThat's a big surprise. Corruption in Mexico? Corruption under Communism? Say it ain't so!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Imagine, poor little Mexico getting upset because one nation interfered in another's internal matters. I am deeply saddened.
To: Fedora
Has this ever happened before?--trying to gauge how significant it is. Recalling an ambassador is relatively rare in the international political theater. It's the strongest signal before breaking diplomatic relations. Significant? Who knows....
5
posted on
05/02/2004 8:02:46 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
I know it'd usually be a big diplomatic statement, I'm just wondering if that holds between Mexico and Cuba specifically. I think they've had periodic diplomatic spats, but I don't remember the details.
6
posted on
05/02/2004 8:08:22 PM PDT
by
Fedora
To: All
The leftists in the Mexican government have been cozying up to Castro for the last four decades. But hey, they knew he was a snake when they picked him up. Serves 'em right. To be honest, I'm surprised that they'd so overtly object to his subversive games.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
large wads of cash to elected Cuban officials Great punch line buried in the last sentence. Cuba doesn't have elected officials, it has selected Communists. Those crazy journalists!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The decision also came amid an ongoing political scandal between the two countries, after a Mexican businessman was videotaped passing large wads of cash to elected Cuban officials. I wonder what kind of business? Mexico gets most of it's income from the USA --- so how much dollars leave the USA and end up in Cuba?
9
posted on
05/02/2004 8:50:26 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is certainly interesting! I missed it yesterday, am looking for more info now.
10
posted on
05/03/2004 4:06:24 AM PDT
by
livius
To: livius
I thought it was interesting, but some problems with the report. Elected Cubans?
11
posted on
05/03/2004 8:44:40 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson