Daniel Lozano

Updated Saturday, April 6, 2024-18:39

  • Diplomacy Ecuador expels the Mexican ambassador after López Obrador's controversial statements about the assassination of Villavicencio

  • Tension Mexico and Ecuador break diplomatic relations after the assault on the embassy in Quito and the arrest of Correísta Glas

The revolutionary allies of Andrés Manuel López Obrador this Saturday overwhelmingly supported the president of Mexico in the midst of the general rejection on the continent, led by the Organization of American States (OAS), in the face of the

red line

crossed by the Ecuadorian Daniel Noboa with the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito and the arrest of

Correísta

Jorge Glas

. This already had the support of the Puebla Group, led by

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

, who came to justify with the famous

lawfare

(judicial persecution) the scandalous chapters carried out by the former right-hand man of former president

Rafael Correa

.

"It is an act of barbarism, something never seen in Latin America. The right-wing,

pro-Yankee

government brutally violated International Law, kidnapping a political asylum seeker. Venezuela raises its voice forcefully to reject this fascist act," pontificated

Nicolás Maduro

. And he did it precisely when six close collaborators of the opposition leader

María Corina Machado

remain refugees, under siege by Chavista agents, in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.

"Some autocrats are rubbing their hands with joy celebrating democratic governments paving the way for

international arbitrariness

," warned analyst

Nicmer Evans

.

"What the Government of Ecuador did could open

an extremely dangerous Pandora's box

. The precedent it sets is very serious, worrying. Imagine that now autocracies, or those that are on the way to it, such as Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia and even El Salvador, they are starting to do this. I hope the Venezuelan dictatorship does not think of doing something similar, because we know what happens to their political prisoners: they are tortured or murdered and their families are threatened," political scientist Walter

Molina

warned for EL MUNDO. .

López Obrador's provocations and Noboa's unprecedented response culminate weeks of crossfire between presidents, in which at least seven countries have been immersed. Colombia and Argentina were on the verge of breaking off relations and Maduro's latest electoral cacicada forced

Petro

and

Lula da Silva

to reproach his ally, who, when reacting, spoke about the "cowardly left." In the distribution of insults (murderer, Hitler, Nazi, interventionist...), the Sandinista leader

Daniel Ortega

won first prize: "Pinochetito, garbage, shame for the left"...

"We are seeing an

increase in diplomatic tensions between countries in the region

. If this continues, the order established in the West, which has maintained a minimum international stability, is in danger," Molina stated.