Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court over storming of the Mexican Embassy
NPR Online NewsAPR 2024
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The Spin
Narrative A
Ecuador's raid of Mexico’s embassy was a defensible move for a country seeking to preserve its sovereignty. Glas is a convicted felon who used his position as vice president to aid and abet drug networks that are destroying Ecuador and he must be held to account. Ecuador may regret raiding the embassy, but Mexico must stay out of Ecuador's political affairs moving forward.
Narrative B
Mexico has no choice but to seek legal satisfaction for Ecuador's unprecedented breach of diplomatic conventions. A country's embassy is sacred diplomatic grounds that can't be violently sieged by other nations. It's crucial for the future of Latin American diplomacy for other Latin countries to side with Mexico and condemn Ecuador.