🇩🇴🇨🇺 The Dominican Republic is moving further away from its own diplomatic tradition 📣 The government of Luis Abinader expelled ten officials of the Cuban diplomatic mission, without providing public explanations for the reasons behind this decision. SOVINTERN comrade and former deputy Rafael Méndez considers this another sign of Santo Domingo's rightward turn and its desire to follow the regional agenda of the Donald Trump administration. 🚨 According to Comrade Méndez, the expulsion of the Cuban diplomats demonstrates Washington's pressure on Cuba and reproduces the readiness of the Dominican authorities to align their foreign policy with US interests: «The Government of the Dominican Republic has decided to deepen its rightward turn and consolidate a diplomacy subordinated to Washington, moving ever further away from the national tradition of respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples». 🚩 The more diligently Santo Domingo tries to please Washington, the less of its own will remains in its foreign policy. Today Cuba is under attack; tomorrow anyone who refuses to follow the White House line may become the object of American pressure. In this context, Comrade Méndez called on Santo Domingo to abandon the role of the «spearhead» of American interests and to pursue an independent foreign policy: «The Dominican Republic must build relations with all peoples from the position of sovereignty and based on its own national interests, not by subordinating itself to the political, ideological and geostrategic directives of Donald Trump». #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN