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 Mexico will not hand over Pacific Alliance presidency to Peru's Boluarte "I do not wish that Peruvian President Boluarte's spurious administration assumes this integration mechanism’s pro-tempore presidency": Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico DF, Mexico, Feb. 17, 2023 (photo EFE) On Friday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) said that he does not intend to hand over the pro-tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Peruvian President Dina Boluarte. "I do not will to hand over this integration mechanism’s presidency to a spurious administration. I do not want to legitimize a coup against freedoms and human rights," AMLO stated. He explained that he will ask the Secretariat for Foreign Affairs (SRE) to notify the Rio Group, a regional permanent consultation mechanism, of his stance. "The Rio Group will have the final decision on this. If it decides I should hand over the pre...

Peru crisis: Family of ousted leader Castillo leaves for Mexico (full article) By George Wright & Vanessa Buschschlüter The family of Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo has left Peru for Mexico after the latter offered them asylum. Mr. Castillo remains in detention in Peru. Peru's foreign minister had earlier granted Mr. Castillo's wife and children safe passage from the Mexican embassy in Lima to the airport. The Mexican ambassador to Lima also departed on board the same plane after Peru had ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours. Tags: #Peru #Mexico #Pedro Castillo #Asylum  

Mexico to maintain diplomatic relations with Peru, Lopez Obrador says (full article) MEXICO CITY, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Mexico will not break off diplomatic relations with Peru, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, a day after Peru named Mexico's ambassador to the country "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave. "We are not going to expel anyone," Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government news conference.

Government Declares Mexican Ambassador in Peru Persona Non Grata The foreign minister pointed out that this decision was made due to the "repeated expressions of the highest authorities of that country about the political situation in Peru, which constitute interference in our internal affairs." In the midst of the asylum granted to the family of former President Pedro Castillo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, announced that the Government declared the Mexican Ambassador to Peru, Pablo Monroy, persona non grata for the "repeated expressions of the most high authorities of that country on the political situation in Peru, which constitute interference in our internal affairs and, therefore, are in violation of the principle of non-intervention”. At a press conference, the foreign minister said that Ambassador has been given a diplomatic note to notify him that he has 72 hours to leave Peru. “This decision has been taken based on the pertinent provisio...

Government of Boluarte Grants Safe Conduct to Lilia Paredes and Her Children to Go to Mexico Harold Quispe Safe. Lilia Paredes, former first lady of the nation, and her children Arnold and Alondra, will go to Mexico after the government of President Dina Boluarte decided to grant them the safe-conduct requested by the Mexican foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard. Through a press conference, Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi reported that the decision was due in accordance with the Caracas Convention of 1964, to which both states (Peru and Mexico) are parties, and in which Article 12 specifies the territorial state "is obliged" to immediately grant asylum, as well as the corresponding safe-conduct. "In accordance with international obligations, the Foreign Ministry has proceeded to grant the safe-conduct to the aforementioned persons," said the Peruvian foreign minister. Tags: #Peru #Asylum #Lilia Parades #Mexico