DURING this week, we have received numerous messages from Mexico related to the controversial decision of that country’s government to reduce diplomatic relations with Cuba to a business attaché level. And here are some of their opinions.

Mario Alberto Guerrero, of Naucalpan, Mexico, wants to express his solidarity with and support for the Cuban government and people. "I am an informed and aware citizen who has witnessed the pathetic way that the PAN-ist Fox government has formed its domestic and foreign policy; I regret the events of recent weeks. I’m opposed not only to breaking off relations with the Cuban government, but also to the subjugation to the United States by this political class that has assaulted power in Mexico, and to the performance of its administration of the country’s domestic affairs."

Ramón Rubio Sosa of Mexico asks whether television coverage was also given to the responses of Mexico’s secretaries of the interior and foreign affairs to Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque’s press conference, and whether "it is not vitally important that the (Cuban) people know of the two versions in order to have a more informed point of view."

I would like to let you know, that in spite of the fact that your question is rhetorical, given that the second part responds to the first, unfortunately, you don’t answer it. I should inform you that Cubans have been fully informed about what has happened during this controversy, about what has been said by both parties, and not just on television, but via all the media.

Gustavo de la Rosa and José Manuel García, young Mexicans, if you like, we will publish your letter addressed to the Cuban president in this section, and in that way, not just Fidel but all readers will have access to it.

Alma Rosa Mireles says she traveled to our country in 1999, and at the moment is "indignant and very angry" with her government because of its statements. "This government that we have thinks that we’re stupid, and that we don’t see all the political moves behind this affair...Cuban should rest assured that millions of Mexicans do not agree with this decision, that our government boasts about "respecting human rights," but when has it ever asked us our opinion about relations with you?"

Another reader, Ursula Romo, says, "I not only want to disassociate myself with the actions by the current government in my country, but also reiterate to you my admiration for you as an independent nation, an example of solidarity, dignity and consistency... neither the PAN (National Action Party) nor Fox are Mexico; my country is much more than this government. Neither I nor many Mexicans feel that he represents us."

From the state of Morelos, Cecilia Elsa González, Cecilia Ema and Abril Gutiérrez sent a letter to the Cuban people in which they declare themselves against the Mexican government’s attitude. "These decisions confirm the authoritarianism, the incapacity and the falsity with which the Fox government has acted before the Mexican people, and now, before our brothers and sisters, the Cuban people, exposing to the world its policy of submission and sell out to U.S. interests, and its betrayal of Mexico."

" ‘I didn’t vote for fox’ should be the T-shirt that we dignified and intelligent Mexicans will inexorably have to wear (...) Cuba will always be, as it has been since the triumph of the Revolution, an example of dignity and of intelligence for our American peoples." This is the judgement of Carmen Simón.

Peru is another country from which people wrote to us during the last few days.