Mexico City, Mexico
the Mexican Chancellor, Marcelo Ebrard, Insisted on Mexico ‘s plan say “goodbye” to the current Organization of American States (OAS) and to replace it with a body that contemplates “another relationship between Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States.”
“¿?What is Mexico’s proposal? Goodbye to the OAS in its interventionist, interventionist and hegemonic sense and that another organization that we build in agreement with the United States for the 21st century come “, the chancellor expressed amid applause during the plenary meeting of senators of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Bruna).
This goal was raised by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during the July meeting in Mexico of chancellors of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), in what Ebrard considered “the most brilliant speech on foreign policy in a long time “.
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The Mexican chancellor said that “someone has to send him an office” to the secretary general of the OAS, Luis Almagro, to explain that “the world has changed” and that this body “cannot remain an instrument of intervention “.
Ebrard said that during the meeting of the head of state of the Celac to be held in Mexico on September 18, the Mexican government will take advantage of its “excellent dialogue” with the United States to “facilitate that this agreement can be reached for another political architecture in the Americas.”
During his speech in plenary, the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs he also said there is “a great affinity” in Lopez Obrador and Joe Biden’s view on drug and security policy.
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The chancellor called for certifying the “Merida Initiative death certificate”, as it is known in the policy of military persecution of drugs, and advocated an approach aimed at “addressing the causes” and using “more intelligence than force “. “We have spent the twentieth century counting how many narcos were killed or arrested. Did drug trafficking decrease? No. Did consumption decrease? No, it grew more,” he expressed.
He also recalled the recent demand that the Mexican Government to file against American arms manufacturers to sell weapons used for organized crime in Mexico. And he assured that there is “very good attitude” in the White House with regard to cooperation on migration.
In his review of Mexican foreign policy, he said Mexico will reactivate “cooperation with Palestine” and that the country’s position in this conflict is “respect for human rights,” even though this will create “annoyance” in the United States.
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He applauded the dialogue between the Government and the Venezuelan opposition initiated in Mexico on August 13 and opposed international sanctions as well as the imprisonment of opponents. He advocated neutrality in this conflict and criticized the position of the Governments that recognized in 2019 the opposition Juan Guaidó as president he could have resulted in “a civil war.”
Ebrard, in charge of getting the covid-19 vaccines abroad, he stated that Mexico, with a population of 126 million, will have exceeded the 100 million doses received next Tuesday. With nine vaccines approved, he said Mexico has one of the largest covid-19 drug portfolios in the world, and thanked China and India for support during the pandemic.