Mexico-Venezuela row: Readers’ reaction
Mexico and Venezuela’s presidents, Vicente Fox and Hugo Chavez, are locked in a row, which could have serious consequences for relations between the two nations.
Mr Fox has threatened to cut off all diplomatic ties with Venezuela if Mr Chavez continues making controversial comments about him or his country.
Mr Chavez has refused to apologise for calling the Mexican President a “puppy” of US imperialism.
The BBC News website spoke to readers from both countries to get their reaction to the dispute.
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Last Sunday's rally was front-page news
Photos of demonstrators marching through the streets of major U.S. cities as the U.S. Congress considers legalizing the status of millions of undocumented Mexicans have filled the pages of Mexicos news publications in recent weeks.
In cities like Tijuana, where many residents have close and frequent contact with communities in the United States, the topic has received top coverage in papers such as Tijuana-based Frontera, where last Sundays demonstrations in San Diego got front-page treatment.
This is a very important issue for our readers, said Ariel Montoya, who oversees the daily publications news department. Lots
War of words between Mexico and Venezuela
A diplomatic fight between Mexico and Venezuela worsened yesterday.
Days after branding Mexican President Vicente Fox a "lapdog" of United States imperialism, his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez warned: "Don't mess with me, mister, because you'll get pricked."
Mexico's Foreign Ministry responded, saying it would withdraw its Ambassador to Venezuela unless it received a formal apology.
"The Venezuelan President's declarations hurt the dignity of the people and Government of Mexico," it said.
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Venez, Mexico Resolve Relations Issue
Relations between Venezuela and Mexico are on the mend after a week of constant bickering between their foreign ministries.
The calm returned after a telephone conversation Friday between the two foreign ministers, AlĂ RodrĂguez and Luis Ernesto Derbez, from Venezuela and Mexico, respectively.
An official communiqué from Caracas qualified the conversation as “very cordial and positive,” said it was committed to improving relations more, and announced a forthcoming joint declaration to formally end the crisis between presidents Chávez (Venezuela) and Fox (México).
The spat began when at the Argentina America’s Summit Fox criticized Venezuela for rejecting the US-backed FTAA,
Mexico's Slim not worried about Venezuela risk - spokesman
Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim isnt worried about political risks in moving his Latin American communications network into Venezuela, a spokesman said Friday.
Monday, Telmex (TMX) and America Movil (AMX) said they will buy Verizon Communications (VZ) 28.5% stake in Venezuelas CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela SA (VNT), or CANTV, for $676.6 million through a joint-venture.
Arturo Elias Ayub, a spokesman for Slim, shrugged off concerns about political risk in Venezuela, where the government of President Hugo Chavez has been changing the rules for oil and other companies.
Were confident in the
Mexico, Venezuela chiefs pull ambassadors
Mexico and Venezuela pulled their ambassadors from each other’s capitals Monday after the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez refused to apologize for his remarks belittling Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Chavez, a frequent critic of U.S. foreign policy, last week called Fox “the puppy” of the Bush administration. When the Mexican government announced it would expel the Venezuelan ambassador if the Chavez government did not apologize within 24 hours, Venezuela responded Monday by ordering its ambassador home.
Mexico then recalled its ambassador to Caracas, with Fox saying: “We cannot allow people to offend our country.”
The two countries fell
Mexico's relations with Venezuela recovering: FM
Relations between Mexico and Venezuela are recovering after a row arising from a dispute over the US-promoted Free Trade Agreement in the Americas (FTAA), Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez told Mexican radio on Monday.
Derbez said the bilateral relations are going on the right track and things could soon return to normal.
"We have to manage this with prudence and firmness. We have to keep watching how this evolves and to look out for moments which will allow us to take the path toward normalization,"
Venezuela, Mexico Leaders In Row
(AP) Venezuela called its ambassador to Mexico home Monday rather than apologize after President Hugo Chavez warned Mexican leader Vicente Fox: "Don't mess with me." Mexico responded by recalling its own diplomat.
In an interview with CNN en Espanol, Fox said he would meet with Foreign Secretary Ernesto Derbez to decide what to do next.
In a statement late Sunday, Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said that because Chavez's comments "strike at the dignity of the Mexican people and government, Mexico demands a formal apology from Venezuela's government."
But in a news conference Monday in the Venezuelan capital,
Mexico may sever ties with Venezuela
Mexico is to ponder breaking relations with Venezuela if "President (Hugo) Chávez continues to offend the (Mexican) people," said Mexican President Vicente Fox' spokesman Rubén Aguilar late Thursday.
"You know President Vicente Fox has said that if things continue this way, this possibility could be considered, but always as the last resort," Aguilar said in a phone interview from Pusan, Korea, where is accompanying President Fox.
"An apology is required for the offenses of President Chávez against the people of Mexico," Aguilar added, as quoted by AFP.
The Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister "has already set this position. The
Venezuelas Chavez says normal relations with Mexico impossible
CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said Sunday it was impossible for Venezuela to maintain normal diplomatic relations with Mexico because president-elect Felipe Calderon led a smear campaign against Venezuela.
The Venezuelan leader also called Calderons election victory doubtful, suggesting the candidate belonging to Mexicos ruling National Action Party defeated leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador by resorting to fraud.
How is the Mexican president going to hope that we have good personal (and) political relations? Its impossible, said Chavez, speaking during a television interview.
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Venezuela kicks ball to Mexico in diplomatic spat
Venezuela said Wednesday Mexico should take the initiative to resolve a diplomatic standoff after both governments recalled their ambassadors in a dispute over U.S. regional free trade proposals.
Mexico Tuesday declared the case closed, but insisted on an apology after President Hugo Chavez called his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox, a "lap dog" of U.S. imperialism and told him, "Don't mess with me, mister, or you'll get stung."
Those remarks were directed at Fox's support of U.S. free trade proposals and came after the Mexican leader criticized left-winger Chavez and Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner for
