MEXICO CITY/LA PAZ — Mexico on Thursday turned to the International Court of Justice to ensure its diplomatic facilities were respected in Bolivia as it ramped up pressure on the South American country’s interim government to back down in an increasingly fractious spat. Bolivia’s foreign minister, Karen Longaric, said Mexico’s appeal to the court was a “legal fallacy” and should be withdrawn. Ebrard said that 11 days after Mexico gave asylum to the nine people and sought safe conduct passes for them, Bolivia told Mexican authorities it had issued arrest warrants for four of them. Ebrard said he hoped the court would uphold Mexico’s right to give asylum and have its premises respected. He quickly accepted an offer of political asylum from Mexico, putting a strain on relations between Mexico the government headed by Añez, an opponent of Morales.

Source: National Post December 26, 2019 18:22 UTC