CDMX, Mexico. – The mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe (PAN), announced that he will request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) of Mexico to relocate the embassies of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua outside of that capital district, considering these regimes “criminal governments and dictatorships that have abused power.”
In a video posted on your X accountTabe maintained that these diplomatic representations “are not welcome” as long as “there are no governments elected by the people” and stated: “In Miguel Hidalgo there are the embassies of governments that have oppressed their people, that have silenced voices, imprisoned innocent people and have abused power. We cannot normalize that. We cannot be indifferent to injustice. (…) We cannot welcome with open arms those who represent dictatorships that have abused power.”
In Miguel Hidalgo the dictatorships of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua are NOT welcome.
That is why we will request the @SRE_mx the relocation of their embassies while there are no governments elected by the people.
Here freedom is defended. We are the Bastion of Freedom. pic.twitter.com/m4LZxPOSfH
— Mauricio Tabe Echartea (@mauriciotabe) January 18, 2026
Tabe himself also considered: “Maybe this is a request that does not change anything, but it does make something very clear, while I am mayor in Miguel Hidalgo, we do not embrace criminals, we do not support abuses and we do not remain silent in the face of injustice and abuse of power.”
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, dismissed the request and said that the mayor “wants to draw attention,” while emphasizing that foreign policy is the responsibility of the federal government. “He has no powers. They do not define foreign policy [la oposición] and it is a very conservative view. Mexico’s relationship is with the people. The formal relationship is with the governments,” he declared. during his morning conference this Monday.
So far, neither the embassies mentioned nor the SRE have publicly reacted to the mayor’s statements.
The Cuban Embassy has remained on Presidente Masaryk Avenue, in Polanco, since 1970. Meanwhile, the delegations of Venezuela and Nicaragua are located in the Chapultepec Morales and Irrigación neighborhoods, within the same mayor’s office. Tabe added that they would only be “welcome” when there are “legitimate governments, elected by their people,” “freedom is respected” and “political prisoners are released.”
The Sheinbaum Government has remained a “historical ally” of Havana. It has even become the most important oil supplier to the Island.
Despite the accusations of authoritarianism, censorship and repression that weigh on the three regimes, since the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the Mexican Government has maintained a position of non-intervention and respect for the sovereignty of the three Latin American dictatorships.
