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[Judi Lynn]

Mexico's foreign relations secretary to travel to Cuba to help smooth over relations

TRACI CARL, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, June 10, 2004


(06-10) 11:43 PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) --

Mexico's foreign relations secretary will travel to Cuba in July, part of an ongoing effort to smooth over relations between the two nations.

Luis Ernesto Derbez said Thursday he will travel to Cuba on July 18 to meet with his counterpart, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The meeting is an effort to overcome differences that resulted in both countries withdrawing their respective ambassadors.
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Officials also said members of Cuba's Communist Party were holding unauthorized political meetings in Mexico, and took offense at comments by Cuban leader Fidel Castro that Mexican President Vicente Fox was a lackey of the United States.

On May 2, Mexico announced it was withdrawing its ambassador from Havana, and Cuba responded by doing the same with its ambassador in Mexico City. Historically, Mexico has been Cuba's strongest ally in the region. But relations have become strained under Fox, whose administration has criticized Cuba's human rights record.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/10/international1151EDT6274.DTL

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It's good to see that Mexico and Cuba are getting back to the close relationship they had before _Bush was not elected.