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Mexico: Amlo hits back at EU ‘press freedom’ critics
DAVID RABY explains why Mexico’s president released a furious communique aimed at the European Parliament – and why his geopolitical diplomacy and progressive policies may be what is really angering the West
President Amlo slammed Europe’s ‘interventionist mania

ALONG with some 140 countries, Mexico voted at the UN to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But along with most of Latin America, Africa and Asia, it has no plans to impose sanctions: to do so would violate the same principle of sovereignty and non-intervention.

Neither will Mexico impose censorship on RT or any other Russian media: its respect for media freedom is absolute.

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