Introduction
Congratulations on your presidency and best wishes for your country. We will work together for the benefit of both societies.
However, there were no warm or diplomatic words. What was the issue?
Rodrigo Paz’s Legitimate Victory
The victory of Rodrigo Paz in the second round of Bolivia’s election was legitimate. The Bolivian people did not vote with a bandolier.
The harshness floats without diplomacy. Silence is also complicit in dogmas.
President Sheinbaum’s Diplomatic Reading
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum made an unorthodox reading of Paz’s victory.
“From the perspective of progressive movements in Latin America, it’s a pity that they split in Bolivia.”
These were 21 words directed at the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party. They fought, divided, and lost in the first round; these were 21 words directed at Morena.
The Tropicalization of Diplomacy
Rodrigo Paz does not play for the left. His t-shirt reveals him as center-right.
Thus, yes. The Mexican president interpreted Paz’s victory through the dogmatic diplomacy inherited from AMLO. Dogmas as a diplomatic exam.
If they promote the ornament of progressives, even if they are not (as AMLO demonstrated), they become friendly and allied countries.
This is the diplomacy of President Donald Trump: dogmatic. Friends or enemies. Allies or disaligned.
The Cost of Dogmatic Diplomacy
There is no advisor in Palacio Nacional or secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who can explain to President Sheinbaum that dogmatic diplomacy is a cancer for Mexico’s foreign service.
There is no one to explain the opportunity cost of AMLO’s diplomacy to her.
- APEC Meeting in Corea: It’s more expensive not to attend the APEC meeting than to send your economy secretary.
- Pacific Alliance Abandonment: There is a cost to the country for leaving the Pacific Alliance.
- Cumbre de las Américas in Dominican Republic: Not attending the Cumbre de las Américas has a cost.
The Impact of U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
The U.S. foreign policy is stirring waves in Latin America and the Caribbean. Many waves.
Palacio Nacional has become a dogmatic containment since 2018, where democracy and human rights are no longer relevant for shaping the country’s foreign policy.
In truth, is there no one to explain the magnitude of the diplomatic crisis in Latin America, which AMLO, along with Bolsonaro and Trump, campaigned for dogmatic diplomacy?
Nobel Peace Prize Voting: It’s not decided with a bandolier.
