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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2006 
Mexico won't Send Diplomatic Note to U.S.
 AP
| | People protest in front of a Hotel Sheraton last week in Mexico City. Mexico issued a complaint Tuesday against the hotel in Mexico City that - at the request of the U.S. government - expelled a group of Cuban officials meeting with U.S. energy executives. The banner reads 'Discrimination is a Crime.' (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) |
Mexico City - Mexico's foreign secretary rejected a call by lawmakers last week to file a diplomatic protest with the United States, after it put pressue on a U.S.-owned hotel here to evict Cuban officials.
In a nonbinding resolution, the leadership body of the lower house of Congress said Mexico should send a note expressing the country's "absolute rejection" of the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba.
But Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said the issue would be handled domestically, with federal officials imposing fines against the hotel and Mexico City officials threatening to close it down for code violations.
"A diplomatic note is not needed," Derbez said, noting Mexico has made it clear it won't allow U.S. firms to refuse business with Cuba on Mexican soil. "The application of (U.S.) laws on our soil is not being accepted by Mexico, nor will it," he said.
Mexico City officials had said earlier the Hotel Maria Isabel Sheraton in Mexico City might be closed because an inspection purportedly unrelated to the Cuban incident revealed some obscure code violations, including the alleged lack of Braille menus at a hotel restaurant, something few Mexican restaurants provide.
Mexico issued a complaint Tuesday against the hotel for expelling a Cuban delegation that was meeting with U.S. energy executives, saying the move violated investment and trade protection laws. The hotel could face fines of nearly $500,000, officials said.
The meeting was moved to a Mexican-owned hotel. |
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