Mexico Did A Poor Job of "Dirty Work" for the US
Mexican diplomacy is at its nadir because it is not just doing the US' "dirty work", but is doing it badly, political analysts assert.

Well-known analyst Gabriel Guerra said Mexico's foreign policy is in a very serious situation, stressing that the crisis with Argentina at the Summit of the Americas is far from accidental.

Guerra explained this is the result of a series of mistakes, a lack of strategy, experience and a median and long term plan giving Latin America its rightful place.

Mexico should be the country demonstrating the least interest in the Free Trade Area for the Americas treaty and deplored the upstart role played by its representatives "who didn't even do it right."

Mexican Ex Foreign Minister Rosario Green concurred, saying that President Vicente Fox' presence in Mar del Plata could be termed "successful" if his purpose was to divide Latin America.

His attitude received harsh criticism from legislators and political parties who said the role the President played in Argentina was that of "a cheerleader for George W. Bush."

Even the Mexican Senate approved a note deploring the "unfortunate behavior" of its representatives at the fourth Summit of the Americas and demanded an explanation of the evident interest in boosting the FTAA.

Although the media attributed criticism of his Argentine counterpart, Nestor Kirchner, to Fox, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez denied it had been reported correctly.

However, Kirchner's reply that "good diplomacy for some is to bow and bend the head to the strong," found broad support from the Mexican public.

Presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar termed the state of diplomatic relations with Argentina as "excellent", and announced a joint statement of both Foreign Ministries.

He added that such a statement did not signal diplomatic distress; we are just trying to show the excellent state of bilateral ties.