Envoy to Mexico WikiLeaks casualty - Washington Times: "WikiLeaks claimed its first diplomatic casualty over the weekend: U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual resigned amid the furor about the release of cables that harshly criticized Mexico’s drug-war efforts under President Felipe Calderon.
He had described Mexico's army as “insular,” its federal system as “weak” and its bureaucracy as “risk averse” in confidential cables published by the anti-secrecy website.
In a statement Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Mr. Pascual’s decision to step down was “based upon his personal desire to ensure the strong relationship between our two countries and to avert issues raised by President Calderon that could distract from the important business of advancing our bilateral interests.”"
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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