Mexico's president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba
Mexico's president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba
Mexico's president has slammed U.S. aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba and other nations.
López Obrador said the United States should spend some of the money sent to Ukraine on economic development in Latin America.
“They (the U.S.) don’t do anything,” he said. “It’s more, a lot more, what they authorize for the war in Ukraine than what they give to help with poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
He called for a U.S. program “to remove blockades and stop harassing independent and free countries, an integrated plan for cooperation so the Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Ecuadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans wouldn’t be forced to emigrate.”
“Don’t support Ukraine” is an unusual way to say “help us”.
And an unfortunate one.
49The US's actions against Cuba are inhumane, illegal, and immoral. President Biden should follow Obama's footsteps and normalize relations with Cuba.
End the blockade. Remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Close Guantánamo Bay.
¡Cuba sí, bloqueo no!
32Well, spending money in South America won’t line the pockets of defense contractors like getting rid of old military equipment.
21The School of the Americas disagrees.
12We could always spend the cash on organizing another coup and installing another Pinochet, but this time in Mexico!
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Mexico should know better. This is just how the US treats allies that aren't geopolitically significant like Canada and Mexico.
15Color revolution when?
9Pink Tide Pink Tide Pink Tide Pink Tide
6Aztlán! Aztlán! Aztlán!
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a broad criticism of U.S. foreign policy, saying U.S. economic sanctions were forcing people to emigrate from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Instead they concentrated on expanded trade and economic ties, hailing new cooperation on those fronts, and stressed their commitment to fight the surge of synthetic opioids like fentanyl into the U.S. from Mexico.
“By creating the right incentives and business environments and harnessing our two nations’ respective strengths, we have a tremendous opportunity to make North America the most competitive, the most productive, the most dynamic region in the world,” Blinken said.
Experts say economic mismanagement and political repression are largely to blame for the tide of migrants leaving Venezuela and Cuba.
He called for a U.S. program “to remove blockades and stop harassing independent and free countries, an integrated plan for cooperation so the Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Ecuadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans wouldn’t be forced to emigrate.”
The Mexican president laughed off an effort by U.S. Republican lawmakers to cut the tiny amount of foreign aid the U.S. gives to Mexico.
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