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Weekly Report - 24 March 2011 (WR-11-12)
MEXICO: Pascual resigns but remains in Mexico
The US ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, announced his
resignation on 19 March. Ostensibly, Pascual's resignation is a victory for
President Felipe Calderón, who had made it clear, particularly during his recent
(2-3 March) trip to meet President Barack Obama in Washington, that he had no
confidence in Pascual. But Calderón's victory could easily turn into a strategic
defeat and leave Mexico with no conduit to the higher echelons of Washington
policymakers during the next, crucial, few months. This is because, at the
express request of the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Pascual is
remaining in Mexico to ensure an “orderly transition".
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