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It seems as if ’84 years have passed’, but the Mexico-Ecuador crisis (which led to the breakdown of relationships) It’s barely a month old. The ‘diplomatic dispute’ between Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Daniel Noboa It is such that both have taken their accusations to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which will determine which Government is right in their claims.
The reason for the crisis between both countries was the invasion by the Ecuadorian police of the Mexican embassy in Quito during which they arrested Jorge Glas, former vice president of Ecuador who had already received asylum from the López Obrador Government.
“I have instructed our chancellor to issue a statement regarding this authoritarian act, proceed legally and immediately. declare the suspension of diplomatic relations with the government of Ecuador,” he published on his X account (formerly Twitter) on the night of April 5.
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The ‘good people’ support López Obrador: To the question of Could you tell me if you consider the following Government decisions to be a success or a mistake? 48 percent approved that the president cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador, this according to the survey of The financial published this May 2.
However, 48 percent of those surveyed ‘disapproved’ of the López Obrador Government giving asylum to Jorge Glas in the Mexican Embassy, a decision that was the origin of the conflict between both countries.
On the ‘morning’ of April 11. Alejandro Celorio Alcántaralegal consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explained that the Government of Mexico YES I had the right to give diplomatic asylum to the former Ecuadorian vice president.
“It is up to us as an asylum country to judge if there is political persecutionand it is up to Ecuador to grant safe passage, and in that peaceful negotiation to which Ecuador never resorted, some additional elements could have been considered to try to solve this situation. It was not done“, said.
The Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Office accuses Jorge Glas of embezzlement for allegedly having diverted money that was intended for reconstruction work in Manabí, a region of the country that suffered an earthquake in 2016.
Asylum to Glas led the Government of Daniel Noboa to sue Mexico before the United Nations International Court of Justice, stating that our country “has failed to comply with its obligations to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State; not to interfere in the internal affairs of the receiving State and not use the mission premises in a manner incompatible with the functions of the diplomatic mission, in accordance with article 41 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
What ‘punishments’ does Mexico ask to be applied to Ecuador?
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“With all due respect,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has insisted that the South American nation must publicly apologize to Mexico for having invaded its embassy in Quito and that, until it does so, Ecuador must be expelled from the United Nations (UN).
Among other points of the lawsuit that the López Obrador Government presented to the International Court of Justice are:
- Set the precedent that any nation that acts just like Ecuador (that is, invade an embassy), must be definitively expelled from the United Nations.
- Avoid the repetition of these cases before the UN General Council.
- Judge and declare that Ecuador is responsible for the damage.
The International Court of Justice concluded the public hearings in the case of Mexico vs. Ecuador on Wednesday, May 1.
“The Court will now begin its deliberation. The Court’s decision will be pronounced in a public hearing, the date of which will be announced in due course,” he added in a statement.
With information from Alejandro Moreno
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