MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday accused the United States of unequal treatment after Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua were not simultaneously invited to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Democratic governments in Southeast Asia.
“The so-called democracy clause is not applied equally in all cases, but only in certain cases, when appropriate,” Ebrard wrote in a column published by the Mexican newspaper Excelsior, pointing to Washington’s relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). ) and for the establishment of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in May.
Ebrard described the US decision as “inconsistent if not contradictory”. ASEAN members include Myanmar, which is ruled by a military junta, and Vietnam, which is ruled by the only Communist Party in the country.
According to a senior US government official, the United States chose not to invite left-wing leaders from communist-ruled Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, citing concerns about their country’s lack of democracy. American.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador withdrew his participation after the United States stated that not all countries in the Americas would be invited.
The US president wants to address the region’s economic and immigration issues at the summit. López Obrador said he will meet with Biden next month instead.
“Let’s talk in July without pressure, without this embarrassing and embarrassing blackmail from above,” Lopez Obrador said at his regular news conference on Tuesday.
source: Noticias
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