Diplomatic Blowback Begins in Latin America, As Ecuador Violates One of the Oldest Rules of International Law | naked capitalism

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In September last year we reported, in the article “Back to Business As Usual: The US Is Once Again Vigorously Stirring the Pot in Its Own ‘Backyard‘”, how the US is seeking to reimpose its military and strategic stranglehold over South America — or failing that, to sow enough chaos and division in the region to undermine China’s growing economic influence there.

As the Commander of US Southern Command, General Laura Richardson, explained in disarmingly candid fashion at the Atlantic Council in Jan 2023, the main goal of the US government and military (and, of course, the corporate and financial interests they serve), is to tap Latin America’s abundant natural resources...

Also on Friday, the Mexican government granted political asylum to Jorge Glas, a former Ecuadorian vice president who had been taking refuge at the Mexican embassy in Quito since December last year.

In response to Mexico’s announcement, Daniel Noboa’s government in Quito declared the Mexican ambassador persona non-grata and surrounded the Mexican embassy with hundreds of soldiers and police officers. In the early hours of Saturday (April 6) morning, those soldiers and police officers attacked the embassy in Quito, which is equivalent to an act of war, detaining (or as some are saying, kidnapping) Glas while using force against members of Mexico’s diplomatic staff.

Mexico responded to this “flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention” by severing diplomatic relations with Ecuador, which could, if extended to the commercial space, have unpleasant consequences for the Andean nation’s recession-hit, IMF-dependent economy. Mexico´s Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador government is also threatening to take the case to the International Court of Justice.

"Rules-based order" = No rules, no order...