Overview

• A formal notice from the presidency, transmitted via the Interior Ministry, names Encinas as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to serve as Mexico’s permanent representative to the OAS.
• The Senate’s presiding board referred the nomination to the Foreign Relations Commission, which scheduled debate for Tuesday at 5 p.m. local time.
• Morena and allied parties control the commission, and reporters note the pick could clear the panel quickly before moving to the full Senate for ratification.
• Encinas currently leads Mexico City’s Planning and Metropolitan Coordination secretariat and previously served as senator, interim Mexico City head of government, and federal human rights undersecretary who oversaw the Ayotzinapa truth commission.
• The review comes as Mexico’s government pushes back on recent OAS observations about its judicial processes, and the commission’s agenda also includes nominations for posts in Rome-based UN agencies and the embassy in Brazil.