U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to Quit Amid Tense Relations Under Trump
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U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to Quit Amid Tense Relations Under Trump
By AZAM AHMEDMARCH 1, 2018
MEXICO CITY — The United States ambassador to Mexico plans to resign from her post in May, according to a memo circulated on Thursday to
embassy staff, the latest in a string of senior diplomatic departures from the region — and more broadly from the State Department.
Mr. Trump’s election abruptly changed the generally warm relations
that the United States had developed with Mexico over the last 25 years — ones that Mrs. Jacobson had helped foster through much of her career.
“She grounded American policy in the belief that, as neighbors, the U. S.
and Mexico will gain most from using the vast resources of both countries to confront shared problems together.”
Mrs. Jacobson will be leaving a State Department that has seen an exodus of foreign service officers.
Analysts say her departure will be deeply felt by both American
and Mexican officials — she was one of the most experienced Latin America experts in the State Department, having spent most of her 31 years there focusing on the region.
By AZAM AHMEDMARCH 1, 2018
MEXICO CITY — The United States ambassador to Mexico plans to resign from her post in May, according to a memo circulated on Thursday to
embassy staff, the latest in a string of senior diplomatic departures from the region — and more broadly from the State Department.
Mr. Trump’s election abruptly changed the generally warm relations
that the United States had developed with Mexico over the last 25 years — ones that Mrs. Jacobson had helped foster through much of her career.
“She grounded American policy in the belief that, as neighbors, the U. S.
and Mexico will gain most from using the vast resources of both countries to confront shared problems together.”
Mrs. Jacobson will be leaving a State Department that has seen an exodus of foreign service officers.
Analysts say her departure will be deeply felt by both American
and Mexican officials — she was one of the most experienced Latin America experts in the State Department, having spent most of her 31 years there focusing on the region.