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Senate Confirms Alejandro Encinas as Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the OAS

The fast‑tracked confirmation signals a recalibration of Mexico’s approach to the hemispheric body through a rights‑focused, dialogue‑driven agenda.

Claudia Sheinbaum propone a Alejandro Encinas como embajador ante la OEA. | Crédito: Presidencia/X @A_Encinas_R
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Overview

  • A 79–1 vote with 10 abstentions approved Encinas, who was immediately sworn in by Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo.
  • Ahead of the vote, he pledged to restore institutional impartiality at the OAS and to advance multilateral cooperation centered on democracy, human rights and peaceful dialogue.
  • He will replace Ambassador Luz Elena Baños and is set to assume the post in Washington, D.C., in the coming days.
  • Commissions advanced the nomination on an accelerated timetable by dispensing with the 24‑hour waiting period for the plenary review.
  • The Senate also ratified Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas to represent Mexico at UN agencies in Rome and Carlos Eugenio García de Alba as ambassador to Brazil, with the lone no vote against Encinas cast by Senator Lilly Téllez.