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Mexico Doesn't Need Lectures on Democracy
The New York Times
August 11, 1990
Mexico Doesn't Need Lectures on Democracy
To the Editor:
I read with concern ''Mexico -America's Next Iran?'' (Op-Ed, July 30) by Christopher Whalen. I would like to offer the following comments to some of the many absurd statements that Mr. Whalen makes:
* If no ''honest elections'' have been held in Mexico, why do 237 out of the 500-member Chamber of Deputies belong to opposition parties?
In the last 18 months, local elections were held in 22 states. One of the two governorships up for election went to an opposition party (National Action Party, or PAN, in Baja California), as well as 141 out of 480 state representatives elected in 19 states.
* The overall indebtedness of Mexico, far from growing, has been cut by roughly $20 billion since the February debt-reduction agreement.
* If President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has so little support, how did he end up with more than a 70 percent approval rating in a Los Angeles Times-commissioned poll?
* Mr. Whalen chooses not to mention President Salinas's actions to strengthen Mexico's human rights defense policy, including the creation of a National Commission for Human Rights.
* How could President Salinas have ''pushed through electoral 'reform' legislation'' that Mr. Whalen believes is not democratic with the support of five out of six Mexican political parties in the Chamber of Deputies, that is by a vote of 369 to 65?
The electoral law approved July 15 allows for coalitions to participate and insures clear electoral results.
* We reject Mr. Whalen's outdated imperial tone, put forth with phrases like ''Washington tolerates one-party rule'' or asking for ''international supervision'' of elections. Apparently, the word ''sovereignty'' is not in his dictionary. Mr. Whalen acts more like an interventionist of the shameful ''big stick'' policy than the openminded internationalist he would be taken for.
JAVIER TREVINO
Minister for Press and Public Affairs
Embassy of Mexico
Washington, July 30, 1990
August 11, 1990
Mexico Doesn't Need Lectures on Democracy
To the Editor:
I read with concern ''Mexico -America's Next Iran?'' (Op-Ed, July 30) by Christopher Whalen. I would like to offer the following comments to some of the many absurd statements that Mr. Whalen makes:
* If no ''honest elections'' have been held in Mexico, why do 237 out of the 500-member Chamber of Deputies belong to opposition parties?
In the last 18 months, local elections were held in 22 states. One of the two governorships up for election went to an opposition party (National Action Party, or PAN, in Baja California), as well as 141 out of 480 state representatives elected in 19 states.
* The overall indebtedness of Mexico, far from growing, has been cut by roughly $20 billion since the February debt-reduction agreement.
* If President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has so little support, how did he end up with more than a 70 percent approval rating in a Los Angeles Times-commissioned poll?
* Mr. Whalen chooses not to mention President Salinas's actions to strengthen Mexico's human rights defense policy, including the creation of a National Commission for Human Rights.
* How could President Salinas have ''pushed through electoral 'reform' legislation'' that Mr. Whalen believes is not democratic with the support of five out of six Mexican political parties in the Chamber of Deputies, that is by a vote of 369 to 65?
The electoral law approved July 15 allows for coalitions to participate and insures clear electoral results.
* We reject Mr. Whalen's outdated imperial tone, put forth with phrases like ''Washington tolerates one-party rule'' or asking for ''international supervision'' of elections. Apparently, the word ''sovereignty'' is not in his dictionary. Mr. Whalen acts more like an interventionist of the shameful ''big stick'' policy than the openminded internationalist he would be taken for.
JAVIER TREVINO
Minister for Press and Public Affairs
Embassy of Mexico
Washington, July 30, 1990
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Principios e intereses de la política exterior de México / Javier Treviño Cantú
OMAR MARTINEZ LEGORRETA; CARLOS MARICHAL ; ILAN BARUCH BIZBERG GUTER; LORENZO MEYER ; MARIO OJEDA GOMEZ; BLANCA TORRES ; BERNARD FRANCISCO MABIRE PONCE; GUSTAVO FLORENTINO VEGA CANOVAS; GUSTAVO VERDUZCO IGARTUA; MARIA CELIA TORO HERNANDEZ; JOSÉ ROMERO ; ANA COVARRUBIAS VELASCO; CARLOS JOSE ALBA VEGA; BERNARDO MANUEL SEPULVEDA AMOR; GIL VILLEGAS . M FRANCISCO; ; JAVIER TREVIÑO CANTU
Centro CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS INTERNACIONALES
Edición 1ª ed. , 1998 No. de páginas 400 pp.
ISBN 968-12-0845-5
Síntesis Cualquiera pudo pensar que el fin de la guerra fría marcaría más certezas que debilidades. Sin embargo, esta obra nos permite reflexionar sobre sus consecuencias: la desaparición de bloques y con ello el cierto equilibrio que éstos imponían al sistema internacional o interestatal. Bajo este marco, cada país está atenido a sus propias capacidades y fuerzas y la acción internacional no se definirá más por un frío cálculo racional, sea económico o de otro tipo, sino que estará definida (por lo menos parcialmente) en términos ideológicos y éticos. ¿En qué contexto se define, entonces, la política exterior de nuestro país?
OMAR MARTINEZ LEGORRETA; CARLOS MARICHAL ; ILAN BARUCH BIZBERG GUTER; LORENZO MEYER ; MARIO OJEDA GOMEZ; BLANCA TORRES ; BERNARD FRANCISCO MABIRE PONCE; GUSTAVO FLORENTINO VEGA CANOVAS; GUSTAVO VERDUZCO IGARTUA; MARIA CELIA TORO HERNANDEZ; JOSÉ ROMERO ; ANA COVARRUBIAS VELASCO; CARLOS JOSE ALBA VEGA; BERNARDO MANUEL SEPULVEDA AMOR; GIL VILLEGAS . M FRANCISCO; ; JAVIER TREVIÑO CANTU
Centro CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS INTERNACIONALES
Edición 1ª ed. , 1998 No. de páginas 400 pp.
ISBN 968-12-0845-5
Síntesis Cualquiera pudo pensar que el fin de la guerra fría marcaría más certezas que debilidades. Sin embargo, esta obra nos permite reflexionar sobre sus consecuencias: la desaparición de bloques y con ello el cierto equilibrio que éstos imponían al sistema internacional o interestatal. Bajo este marco, cada país está atenido a sus propias capacidades y fuerzas y la acción internacional no se definirá más por un frío cálculo racional, sea económico o de otro tipo, sino que estará definida (por lo menos parcialmente) en términos ideológicos y éticos. ¿En qué contexto se define, entonces, la política exterior de nuestro país?
