Foreign policy: Mexico and Africa relationship
Introduction
In this integrating learning product we will analyze in a concise way the relationships that exist between Mexico-Africa in foreign policy matters since its origin, raising the current situation and the proposals for the future for the benefit of both countries. The relationship between the two countries lacks a political strategy that will be explained below. Africa is a region is classified as a low -income country, where society is stratified as medium, medium and high medium, of which 18 states of the African country are considered fragile, since they are currently living by different conflictssuch as: famine and insecurity.
Developing
Characterized by having a small population of low human capital and a limited land surface. Analyzing this region generally according to the figure that the World Bank gives us the opportunities that Africa currently has are vast, last year its world growth was very slow, therefore, this causes economic instability. Africa has as main commercial partners Nigeria, Angola, and South Africa These three main economies seek to recover stability in their economic activity in the area is expected in the rest of the subcontinent is maintained solid, so it seems something complicated and slow growth.
It is currently challenging the problems that prevent its growth that highlight: levels of public debt, external debt, as well as the lack of opportunities in the work area, how is Mexico’s foreign policy with this region? “Throughout six decades, foreign policy towards that continent has been reactive, erratic and without planning."," Africa is not a priority region for Mexico, but it cannot be ignored on the foreign policy agenda ". Most of the reports and investigations of the Mexico – Africa relationship have such comments the reason why this is said
It is because Mexico has not been able to define strategies that have a broad long -term vision with this region, however it does not mean that they have not had any relationship, in each of the periods of presidency that Mexico has had, Africa has had a participation withinof your foreign policy. One of the best moments so to speak of the Mexico – Africa relationship I think it was during the sexennium of López Mateos, since in this period the first embassy was established in Egypt, in the presidency of Luis Echeverría, since Echeverría was theFirst President of Mexico, which officially travels to the region, also established relations with Algeria, Senegal, Egypt and Tanzania.
And also during the presidency of Vicente Fox during this period Africa had more priority, since a new embassy in West Africa was raised, I also visited Africa after a long time (since the last time Mexico visited the region was when Luis Echeverría wasIn the Presidency), dialogues on commercial opportunities began, the Bilateral Agreement for Mexico Cultural Educational Cooperation –Marruecos, among other things, among other things, among other things. As for the other periods, they really did not give much importance to Africa and if they came to do something with this region it did not proceed for a long time.
For lack of budget or because it did not work at all, therefore our relationships with the continent reached a low level. At present, in a newsletter published some meces in the Senate of the Republic at the inauguration of Africa Day in the Senate, there was talk of consolidating relations with Africa again, since it was recognized that trade agreements are needed with the countries with the countriesAfricans and that from the field of the Senate will seek to boost them. The president of the Asia-Pacific-Africa Foreign Affairs Commission, Cora Cecilia Pinedo Alonso said that the new Mexican government.
It is clear that foreign policy deployed in Africa must cease to be the product of short -term events. It is necessary, he stressed, draw a coherent linking strategy, with vision in the medium and long term. “We have to advance in the deepening of knowledge between both regions, to leave behind false perceptions that prevent our relationships from strengthening. We must specify actions that allow building a solid cooperation channel at bilateral and regional levels ”(Senate of the Republic. Social Communication Coordination). Foreign policy towards Africa as mentioned above.
It has a lot of inconsistency due to the little relationship with Mexico. Some of the objectives and proposals that have a long term with the African continent would be: to analyze that countries’ should be related, after having that analysis, it would be proposed that they could do together for their benefit, that is, it can be usedFrom that country, another proposal would be to continue with cooperation projects in terms of trade so that good job opportunities are developed, reopening embassies and opening some others in other countries and so that all this can work, aStrategy throughout the continent about Mexico.
conclusion
The previous learning product, the foreign policy that Africa has with Mexico does not have stability, there really is the interest of having diplomatic relations between countries. Africa is distinguished by its great historical, socio -political, religious, economic, linguistic and geographical diversity;If there was an agreement, it would be a good initiative and a large area of opportunity to establish beneficial bilateral relations for both countries and a good growth area of growth as well as I doubt that Africa can have a great advance, since it is one ofThe parts of the world where there are more changes in many positive and negative aspects.
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