Some 25 Mexican citizens, including the representative of the Labour Party (PT), Gerardo Fernández Noroña, could be left without visas to enter the United States, after that country's congress proposed to withdraw those permits as they were considered pro-Russian. Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez, president of the PT, and former deputy for Nuevo León, Santiago González Soto, are other characters that make up the list, who also make up the so-called Mexico-Russia Friendship Committee.
The Texan congressman, Vicente González, announced this position on Tuesday, adding that the proposal was sent in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and to the Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas.
This comes after the end of last February, prior to the outbreak of the Russian attack in Ukraine, Mexican lawmakers set up the Mexican-Russian friendship group. Faced with this, the Democratic legislator accuses Mexicans of complicity in avoiding the free world and having chosen to side with tyranny.
“The temporary election of this committee sent a clear message to the United States and the free world,” Vicente Gonzalez warned. He indicated that although President López Obrador himself “continues to take a neutral public stance on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,” “the actions taken by members of his own Morena party and others suggest otherwise,” and he concluded, considering it unfortunate that the US neighbor himself has not already joined the democracies. to condemn Russia and impose sanctions on it.
The Texas legislator then asked that the 25 Mexican legislators who met with the Russian ambassador to Mexico, Viktor Koronelli, be revoked their visas to enter his country. “If these individuals refuse to condemn Russia and instead choose to support tyranny, they should not be allowed the privilege of entering, traveling or investing in the United States.”
He even called on both U.S. officials to take action against Mexican officials, so that no one who supports Russia “is allowed the privilege of entering our country.”
What is clear is that Mexico's attitude on this issue is not alien to its neighbor to the north.
Just this Monday, the renowned international newspaper The Washington Post mentioned the Aztec country in a harsh editorial against countries that still have reservations to condemn the Russian attack in Ukraine.
“Many large and influential nations, including some democracies with which the United States has strong relations, have been wrong. It is a worrying aspect of the crisis and requires a deliberate but differentiated US response,” the newspaper noted.
Then, they listed taking into account the seriousness of the silence or inaction of the countries they refer to.
“In a separate category is China, which has sought neutrality while refusing to modify its pre-war declaration of friendship with Moscow. A little less indefensibly, South Africa and India abstained from a United Nations resolution deploring Russia's aggression and refused to impose sanctions. Then there are countries, such as Brazil, Mexico, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (which is certainly not a democracy), which voted in favor of the UN resolution but are still resisting sanctions.”
Although, among the reasons, the most unjustified is the Mexican position. The US daily reports that, for example, South Africa still feels excessive thanks for the Russian support against apartheid; India buys most of their weapons from them; Brazil depends on their fertilizers... to mention a few cases.
“For Mexico alone, the problem is pure mistaken ideology rather than conflict of interest. It has only $2.3 billion in two-way trade with Russia, but the southern neighbor of the United States and the largest merchandise trading partner ($614.5 billion in 2019) sticks to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's non-interventionist dogma. Some members of his left political party, unscrupulous, chose this moment to inaugurate a 'friendship committee' with Russia,” the publication condemned.
The Washington Post notes that while these countries reluctant to Russian punishment do not represent any decisive part of the world economy, “The United States should not underestimate the need to counteract Russian influence among nations that are wrong, or the opportunities to do so.”
And in their conclusion, they conclude by noting “Washington should aggressively deploy moral persuasion, trade and aid, both economic and military. That is what Russia has been doing; this country must respond in the same way.”
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