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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2005 
Mexico Tells CIA to Stay Out of Its Affairs
 Reuters
 Mexico City - Mexico's government told the United States on Thursday to keep out of its affairs after the CIA's new chief predicted possible instability ahead of presidential elections next year.
CIA director Porter Goss listed elections in Mexico and a number of other Latin American countries as "potential areas of instability" in testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.
He said the Mexican presidential poll, which a controversial leftist mayor is favored to win, bodes ill for economic reforms sought by President Vicente Fox.
Interior Minister Santiago Creel accused Goss of interfering in Mexico's domestic politics.
"As you know, the CIA often gets it wrong," the minister told journalists on Thursday.
"I reject the interference in Mexicans' internal affairs which the CIA has no reason to be commenting on," said Creel, himself a possible candidate in the presidential race.
Political tension has risen in recent weeks in Mexico. The leftist mayor of Mexico City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has called for street protests to persuade Congress not to block his candidacy.
Lawmakers are to decide whether to lift the mayor's immunity so he can be prosecuted on a minor legal charge that might force him out of the presidency race.
It was the second time Mexico has been annoyed by its northern neighbor in recent weeks. Last month, Creel angrily denied an accusation from the U.S. ambassador that Mexican security forces were failing to control violent drug gangs on the border. |
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