Ken Salazar reappears in networks and spears hard criticism about the change of name to the Gulf of Mexico
After three weeks in silence after finishing your parcel as United States Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar reappeared in their personal social networks to launch a Hard criticism to the order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico by Gulf of America.
“He arrogant attempt from Trump to erase the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which has Four centuries of antiquityit is a sample of ignorance and a absolute contempt by the historyby Mexico and for the Americas. This is not leadership, it is shameless selfishness”The diplomat said on X this Wednesday, January 29.
He had more than seven years that the American politician did not use his personal networks, since during his mandate in the embassy in Mexico he always used official channels even to issue his opinions; Today, the silence has broken, to criticize the executive order that the new president of the United States, Donald Trumphe signed a few hours after his investiture.
Almost a month after Salazar left our country, today he goes out to defend him and, although he always expressed the love he had to Mexico since his parents were Hispanic and he himself is assumed as a MEXICANO-STADUARSE PERSONthe truth is that its diplomatic parcel was characterized by several Differencesmainly with the former president AMLO.
It is worth remembering that Ken Salazar arrived in Mexico in 2021 by designation of the Democratic president Joe Biden and since then maintained a cordial relationship with the former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador Although this later turned tense after it emitted pronouncements about decisions that were taken in the Executive that in their country considered threats to the bilateral relationship.
One of the main controversies occurred when Salazar openly criticized the Security strategy of the Mexican government (‘Hugs, no bullets’) qualifying it as failed In the fight Against organized crime and drug trafficking. These statements caused discomfort in the Mexican government, which considered them a interference In internal matters.
Another friction point was when Salazar questioned the ability of Mexican institutions to combat the corruption and guarantee the application of the law. The ambassador expressed concern about the lack of significant advances in this matter, which was interpreted by the Mexican government as a lack of respect for their efforts. In addition, he made comments on the situation of the Human Rights in Mexicopointing out the need for greater progress in this area.
But without a doubt the harsh criticism of the reform of the Judiciary of 2024 represented the maximum tension point between the diplomat and AMLO, and in their last months already during the mandate of Claudia Sheinbaum. And it is that Salazar questioned whether this controversial initiative would really pay in the fight against corpid Independent and impartial judicial system. These statements were seen by the Government as an interference in internal matters; Before this panorama, and both leaders agreed that the diplomat was not respecting the principles of non-intervention and Self -determination of peoples.
