
Venezuela, Mexico recall envoys in diplomatic row CBC \|\| November 15, 2005 [KDR: It is a shame that he didn't mention Paul Martin in his "lapdog" of U.S. imperialism" comment.] Venezuela and Mexico have recalled their ambassadors as a dispute between the leaders of the two countries escalates. Mexican President Vicente Fox announced the severing of diplomatic ties on Monday, shortly after Venezuela said its envoy had been ordered home. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has refused to heed Mexico's demand that he apologize for calling Fox a "lapdog" of U.S. imperialism. The feud started at the Summit of the Americas on Nov. 5, when Fox backed a Washington-led proposal to create a hemispheric free-trade zone. Chavez led five countries that opposed it. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com On Sunday, Mexico threatened to sever diplomatic ties if Chavez didn't apologize for comments he made during his weekly radio and television broadcast to the country earlier that day. In it, he warned Fox: "Don't mess with me, mister, because you'll get pricked." A spokesperson for Fox demanded Chavez apologize by midnight Monday or face the consequences. Chavez was responding to a comment made earlier in the week by Fox, who was incensed when the Venezuelan leader and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner created a stalemate over the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Fox said after the summit that "we have some presidents, fortunately a minority, who blame other countries for all their problems." Venezuela and the other dissenters at the summit – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay – had argued that a trade bloc stretching from Canada to Argentina would hurt Latin American workers. They insisted on waiting for the results of World Trade Organization talks, set for December in Hong Kong. In the end, summit participants issued a declaration that stated two opposing viewpoints, with 29 countries – including Canada, the United States and Mexico – advocating the FTAA and the five others resisting it. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Venezuela, Mexico recall envoys in diplomatic row

CBC || November 15, 2005

[KDR: It is a shame that he didn't mention Paul Martin in his "lapdog" of U.S. imperialism" comment.]

Venezuela and Mexico have recalled their ambassadors as a dispute between the leaders of the two countries escalates.

Mexican President Vicente Fox announced the severing of diplomatic ties on Monday, shortly after Venezuela said its envoy had been ordered home.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has refused to heed Mexico's demand that he apologize for calling Fox a "lapdog" of U.S. imperialism.

The feud started at the Summit of the Americas on Nov. 5, when Fox backed a Washington-led proposal to create a hemispheric free-trade zone. Chavez led five countries that opposed it.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

On Sunday, Mexico threatened to sever diplomatic ties if Chavez didn't apologize for comments he made during his weekly radio and television broadcast to the country earlier that day.

In it, he warned Fox: "Don't mess with me, mister, because you'll get pricked."

A spokesperson for Fox demanded Chavez apologize by midnight Monday or face the consequences.

Chavez was responding to a comment made earlier in the week by Fox, who was incensed when the Venezuelan leader and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner created a stalemate over the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

Fox said after the summit that "we have some presidents, fortunately a minority, who blame other countries for all their problems."

Venezuela and the other dissenters at the summit – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay – had argued that a trade bloc stretching from Canada to Argentina would hurt Latin American workers.

They insisted on waiting for the results of World Trade Organization talks, set for December in Hong Kong.

In the end, summit participants issued a declaration that stated two opposing viewpoints, with 29 countries – including Canada, the United States and Mexico – advocating the FTAA and the five others resisting it.

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