The president Claudia Sheinbaum pointed out that “Mexico’s foreign policy is defined by Mexico” after criticism from the Undersecretary of State, Christopher Landau for solidarity with Cuba.
“Mexico’s foreign policy is defined by Mexico. Support for Cuba has come historically and foreign policy is defined based on our principles.“said the Mexican president.
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In addition to the above, he highlighted that there are unilateral decisions by that country that affect Mexico and issues on which there is no agreement but, in the case of the Mexican Government, it is committed to dialogue in such a way that, in the case of the 2026 World Cup, several issues have been resolved.
“Until now we have been able to resolve most of (the) World Cup, in fact I think that very soon we will reach some additional trade agreements,” he highlighted.
Landau criticizes Mexico for position against ‘blockade’ of Cuba
Ayer, Christopher Landau, Undersecretary of State of the American Union, accused Mexico of “based on fantasies” in its position in favor of the end of the “trade blockade” against Cuba.
This Wednesday, the US official criticized the Mexican position at the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), after Ambassador Héctor Vasconcelos reiterated his solidarity with Cuba and the urgent need to end the US “blockade” on the island, which the former US ambassador described as a “lie from beginning to end.”
“As a friend of Mexico, it saddens me to read this post, which is a lie from beginning to end. If we are going to talk about US policy towards Cuba, let’s at least do it based on reality and not on fantasies. There is no ‘trade blockade’ on Cuba,” he posted on X (@DeputySecState).
The official of Donald Trump He noted that he is “deeply saddened that friendly countries, including our first trading partner, perpetuate this myth,” and noted that one of the proofs that the blockade of Cuba does not exist is that it “freely receives goods and visitors from many other countries, as you in Mexico well know, since they send them enormous quantities of oil.”
He explained that what does exist is “a series of laws democratically approved by the US Congress that, in general, prohibit economic or commercial transactions with Cuba by our citizens or certain people or entities linked to our country”.
Therefore, he stressed that the debate on US sanctions belongs “to the internal politics of our country, and it is not up to any multilateral organization to dictate what our policy towards Cuba should be,” as it is a measure that seeks to prevent “our own people from economically supporting a hostile foreign regime.”
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The posture of the call The Quitavisas was in response to a publication from the Foreign Ministrywhich quotes the position of the Mexican ambassador to the UN, Héctor Vasconcelos, regarding the Cuban situation.
“Mexico will always advocate for the peaceful solution of disputes and, therefore, rejects sanctions and trade blockades that only harm the well-being of the people and do not build regions of peace or prosperity,” said Ambassador Vasconcelos at the United Nations headquarters.
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