US ambassadors in diplomatic limbo as they wait for Senate approval

Andrés Martinez, a fellow at New America, a Washington-based thinktank, said: “No bilateral relationship is more important to US vital interests than our relationship with Mexico, and yet once again Washington’s Latin America focus is single-mindedly obsessed with the small Caribbean nation of far lesser consequence. It’s deeply insulting to Mexicans to have our important relationship hijacked by Washington’s Cuba fetish, and over time, the US pays a price for taking our relationship with Mexico for granted.”