This content was published on September 30, 2021 – 17:39
Washington, Sep 30 (EFE) .- US senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, representatives of Florida, have regretted that the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has invited his Venezuelan counterparts, Nicolás Maduro, and Cuban, Miguel Díaz- Canel, in a letter whose content was released this Thursday.
In their letter, the legislators expressed their “disappointment” at the recent actions and statements of López Obrador, which, in his opinion, “are incompatible with democratic values.”
“We understand that you seek to serve as a mediator between the leaders of various Latin American countries who represent diverse points of view and beliefs. We would not expect less from the leader of a democratic country as transcendent as Mexico,” the senators pointed out.
However, they added, “we hope that his decision to receive the narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro and the puppet of the Cuban dictatorship Miguel Díaz-Canel is not indicative of a departure from the principles of their country in respect for democracy and freedom.”
Rubio, who is of Cuban origin, and Scott recalled that as Florida senators they represent a large number of Mexicans, Venezuelans and Cuban Americans residing in that state.
In that sense, they assured that López Obrador’s decision to receive Maduro and Díaz-Canel during the celebrations for Mexico’s Independence Day “has upset many members of these communities” in Florida.
They then attacked “the regime” of Cuba, which “prevents Cubans from electing their leaders democratically, owning private property, expressing their views freely, accessing the internet and participating in private companies.”
They also recalled the protests last July on the island and criticized López Obrador for “granting legitimacy to this undemocratic regime,” which, for them, “is a lack of respect for the Cuban people’s struggle for their freedom and also obscures the historical symbolism of the Grito de Dolores “.
Regarding Venezuela, Rubio and Scott also expressed their “disappointment” that the Mexican president has received Maduro and has “repealed” his country’s international commitments to tackle transnational organized crime.
They noted that Mexico is a signatory to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of 2000, which stipulates that the signatory countries will cooperate in matters of extradition of criminals.
And they stressed that the US government accused Maduro in March 2020 of “participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiring to import cocaine into the United States.”
For this reason, they considered that the Venezuelan leader should have been extradited to the United States from the moment he stepped on Mexican soil, since, they stated, “Mexico has been supremely receptive to the extradition of other criminals involved in these crimes. The drug-dictator Nicolás Maduro should not be the exception. “
Maduro and Díaz-Canel visited Mexico in mid-September, where they participated in the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), sponsored by López Obrador.
Maduro’s assistance remained in doubt and without official confirmation until his arrival in Mexico City. He was received by the Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, and both immediately held a first bilateral meeting.
For his part, in addition to attending the Celac summit, Díaz-Canel gave a speech at the military parade to commemorate the Independence of Mexico, in which he defended the Cuban revolution and harshly criticized the United States for the embargo on Cuba. . EFE
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