Mexico calls for dissolution of the Organization of the Americas

[photochemsyn]

I'd be a lot happier if he was calling for the revocation of NAFTA but that would mean a lot of US manufacturers that have outsourced to Mexico would be faced with the quandry of whether or not to move production back to the USA or to accept high cross-border transit fees imposed by Mexico (which is probably what a Mexican exit from NAFTA would entail).

Then there's the sheer volume in trade of Mexico's agriculture and fossil fuel sectors across the border, most of which takes place under some provision of NAFTA or other. I recall hearing claims that crude oil is shipped to Mexico at present (under the 2015 revocation of the 1970s-era ban on crude oil exports from the USA, which may be playing a partial role in current high gas prices). However, I've also hear refined products are shipped back to the USA from Mexico, not sure about that.

Probably just political posturing.

[ZeroGravitas]

NAFTA is a weird political thing, it has some parallels with the EU.

Seems like everyone hates it, in a vague and confusing sort of way, because if they started getting factual or specific the cognitive dissonance might kill them.

If you want to force American corporations to fund a better life for American working class people that's a great and noble goal.

Weird that it only seems popular in some places if you can wrap it up with xenophobia somehow, which then prevents you voting for the people who agree with your goals.

[refurb]

NAFTA was replaced in 2020.

"In September 2018, the United States, Mexico, and Canada reached an agreement to replace NAFTA with the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), and all three countries had ratified it by March 2020."

[trhway]

Googled Mexico and Turkey and not surprisingly there has recently been a lot of developments between those countries. They are even 2 letters in MIKTA where 3 others are Indonesia, South Korea and Australia - an interesting organization that i've never noticed before. The Turkey has in the last less than a decade practically become a regional superpower playing pretty independent wrt. global superpowers. Looks like Mexico is starting on that way too as it seems to have sufficient potential for that. In particular similar to Turkey informally building an alliance of and attracting smaller powers in the region, Mexico has the ability to do that for smaller powers in the Americas which may perceive themselves (whether reasonably so or mistakenly - isn't that important) as being bullied around by superpowers like US.

[luis8]

Geopolitics are really interesting, these decisions are always more than they seem at first.

What is the actual reason for this? What is Mexico looking for?

Maybe is just a way to put pressure and push for more near shoring investment?

[soldehierro]

This is posturing, 100%. The OAS is a useless hindrance to the project of American integration, but AMLO doesn't really care about that, he's just following the populist playbook of making ever more absurd public statements as a façade for policy failures at home.

[rurban]

The problem is the continued fascist interventions (driven by US fascist interests) in Latin American countries, with almost 80% control over the latest decades. Now with a short-time non-fascist in the lead of one of their major countries, he took the step forward to come up with a better representation of their interests. Which does include Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba. This goes on since the 60ies.

But the CIA aligned countries do have the majority, so it will not lead to anything. Philip Agee "Inside the Company: CIA Diary"

[the_70x]

To boost the president popularity and his party. Major elections happened three days later.

[corpMaverick]

It is not Mexico. It is the current president. He is a narcissist that is always looking for his own interests. He is creating conflict because that is what he is good at. Then he will play the victim. He is not looking for the country's interests.