Washington Approves Mexico's Pick for Ambassador to the U.S., Carlos Sada Fox News Latino
go to original April 19, 2016

Carlos M. Sada (Jesse Grant/Getty Images)

Mexico says Washington has approved its pick for the country's ambassador to the United States.

Foreign Relations Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu says the Mexican Senate has been informed of the decision and must now summon Carlos Sada as part of the ratification process.

Sada's nomination in early April is part of a new strategy to respond to what Mexico considers distorted portrayals of the country during the U.S. presidential campaign. Mexico also appointed a new deputy secretary for North American affairs at the time.

Sada is currently consul general in Los Angeles and previously at the Mexican Embassy in Washington as a liaison to Congress and as consul general in New York, Chicago, San Antonio and Toronto.

The goal of Mexico’s strategy is to highlight Mexican citizens' contributions to the U.S. economy and society and combat rhetoric against illegal immigration.

...President Barack Obama's nomination of Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson to fill the position was held up in the U.S. Senate by former presidential candidate Marco Rubio, who objected to her role in negotiating the restoration of diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba.

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