Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Mexico, Dec 20. - Mexico will maintain its relationship with Cuba because it is a sovereign decision, asserted President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo in response to US pressure for our country to "reconsider" cooperation with Havana.
Regarding Venezuela, she stated that all nations of the Americas should oppose any intervention by Washington and affirmed that her government will seek out others to work toward that end.
During yesterday morning's press conference, when asked about new pressures from the White House against Mexico's historic relationship with Havana, the federal leader stated that since the Cuban revolution in 1959, this issue has always been "a point of difference" with the United States.
She indicated that despite some episodes, such as Vicente Fox's "eat and leave" remark to Commander and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, "there has been a constant in Mexico-Cuba relations."
The President of Mexico emphasized that the alliance with Havana does not have to influence relations with Washington.
"Our position is sovereign and has much to do with the humanism we represent. Peoples should not have to suffer; the blockade is a very complex action for people, it is the population that suffers. Therefore, our position regarding Cuba will be maintained as it has been, I repeat, since (President Adolfo) López Mateos," she affirmed.
Regarding the threats issued by Donald Trump against Venezuela, the head of the Executive stated: "We do not agree with interventions or interference, we are in favor of the peaceful resolution of conflicts. We do this out of conviction and by our Constitution, and so it should be; that should be the position of all countries in the hemisphere."
However, she lamented that not all political cadres in the region share this stance.
"The President-elect of Chile (José Antonio Kast) took a different position. But we will seek, with all countries in Latin America or on other continents, a peaceful solution and no intervention," she maintained.
She insisted that beyond the government of Nicolás Maduro, "the central issue is interventionism, interference."
She highlighted that mechanisms exist within the United Nations to seek peaceful solutions to any dispute, and all parties in conflict should participate in these resolutions.
"It would be extremely serious if the President of Mexico were to agree with any intervention, because that would even violate the Constitution of the Republic. All those who seek interference in other places, and also in Mexico, violate the constitution, to begin with."
–Do you see a risk for Mexico with this statement by President Donald Trump that Venezuela 'took their oil'?
–That is very questionable, right? But the important thing is that there isn't... by the way, I was right yesterday (Wednesday) when I said that those ships that cannot enter or leave are the sanctioned ones, not all of them. Yesterday I said they are not all the ships, they are the sanctioned ones, and yesterday this issue about the oil was clarified. (Text and Photo: Cubadebate)
