President Treads Carefully as Mexico Confronts Venezuela Democracy Crisis Mark Browne - CNSNews.com
go to original April 14, 2017

Here Is What the Media Doesn't Show You on the Protests in Venezuela (teleSUR English)

Mexico’s insistence that the government of Venezuela return to “democratic norms” is not an effort to take the lead in Latin America’s response to the country’s worsening economic and political crisis, according to political analysts here.

Instead, the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto believes that to remain silent is not in Mexico’s best interests, said Jorge Chabat, professor of international studies at the Center for Research and Teaching on Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City.

Peña Nieto’s PRI party has in the past tended to avoid making pronouncements or getting involved in the internal affairs of other countries, Chabat noted.

The PRI ruled Mexico for more than 70 years prior to the election of former President Vicente Fox of the PAN party in 2000 – and then returned to power with the election of Peña Nieto in 2012.

“The government of the PRI wasn’t very democratic, so they didn’t want to offer an opinion on the process of other countries, so as to avoid having to talk about what was going on in Mexico,” Chabat said.

Recent events in Venezuela, however, forced Mexico’s hand.

Read the rest at CNSNews.com

Related: Surprise! Mexico Is Leading a Pro-Democracy Drive in Latin America (Miami Herald)

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!