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Mexico–Philippines relations

April 12, 2024

Mexico–Philippines relations are the bilateral relations of the United Mexican States and the Republic of the Philippines. Mexico and the Philippines share a common history dating from when the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled the Spanish East Indies for the Spanish Crown. Both nations are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the United Nations.

Mexico–Philippines relations

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Philippines

History edit

Mexico and the Philippines share many traditions and customs, which derive from ties established over 250 years. In 1521 Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire; and in the same year, Ferdinand Magellan travelled to Asia and claimed the Philippine islands for the Spanish crown. In 1543, after their discovery, the explorer Ruy López de Villalobos sailed from Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico, to recognize and name these islands. They were named the Philippine Islands, in honor of Prince Felipe of Asturias.[1]

In 1565, Spanish Governor General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi claimed the Philippines as a Spanish Colony and designated Manila as its capital in 1571. Due to its distance from Spain, the Spanish Government assigned Manila's administration and government to the Viceroyalty of New Spain for two and a half centuries.[1] Evangelization and commercialization constituted the core of intercontinental ties between Asia and America that materialized with the Manila-Acapulco galleons trade.[2]

Due to the exchange with the Philippines, many Mexicans and Spaniards remained in the Philippines, and some Filipinos in Mexico, particularly the central west coast, near the port town of Acapulco. Many Nahuatl words were adopted and popularized in the Philippines, such as Tianggui (market fair) and Zapote (a fruit).

Philippines under the Viceroyalty of New Spain edit

The Philippines was proclaimed a Spanish colony in 1565, when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi was appointed Governor General. He selected Manila as the capital in 1571. The islands were very remote, so the Spanish Royal Family commissioned the Philippine government administration to the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City for over two and half centuries.[1]

Hence many of the Filipino governors were Mexican-Creole. The army was recruited from all the populations of New Spain, which led to ethnic and cultural mingling between Mexicans and Filipinos. Evangelization and commerce connected America and Asia, exemplified by the galleon trade. The trade between Canton and Acapulco passed through Manila, where Chinese ships came laden with silks and porcelain to be sent to America, in exchange for silver. And the exchange of ideas accompanied the exchange of products.[1]

Independent relationships edit

 
President Enrique Peña Nieto and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Claudia Ruiz Massieu visit the monument to the 201st Fighter Squadron in Manila, November 2015.

Mexicans were among the Latin Americans involved with the Filipino soldier Andres Novales and his 1823 uprising against Spain. In the Mexican side, Filipinos like Ramón Fabié had supported Miguel Hidalgo in the Mexican War of Independence. In 1842, after the colonial period, Mexico stationed an independent representative in Manila. However, the earliest reference to a Mexican diplomat in the Philippines is found during the Revolution, in the Porfiriato, with the appointment, in 1878, of Evaristo Hernandez Butler, as Consul.[2]

During World War II, Mexico participated in the Pacific campaign against Japan and sent the 201 Squadron, with a contingent of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force, which arrived in Manila on 30 April 1945, commanded by Colonel Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez. The Mexican air force participated in the Battle of Luzon.[2]

After Philippine independence edit

The independence of the Philippines brought forth a new era of relations between these countries. Mexico dispatched an envoy to participate in the festivities to celebrate the birth of the Southeast Asian nation. Diplomatic ties between both countries were formalized on 14 April 1953.[2] The year of 1964 was decreed the "Year of Philippine-Mexican Friendship" to celebrate the Fourth Centennial of the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi. In modern day, the conquest of the Philippines is seen as a Spanish initiative, while Mexico is viewed as a country of historical link and friendship, and several groups intend on strengthening the bond between the two countries.[3]

The Philippine Legation in Mexico opened its doors, with Carlos Gutiérrez Macias, as Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, on 17 September 1953. It was elevated to the rank of an embassy on 25 July 1961. That same year, Mexico opened an embassy in Manila.[2]

In 2023, both nations celebrated 70 years of diplomatic relations.[4]

High-level visits edit

 
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos attending the North–South Summit in Cancún along with his Mexican counterpart President José López Portillo, 1981

During the presidency of Diosdado Macapagal, the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, paid a state visit to the Philippines from October 20 to 23, 1962, to respond to the trip to Mexico in 1960, by then Vice President Macapagal. The year 1964 was designated the Year of the Mexican-Filipino Friendship to celebrate the fourth centenary of the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited Mexico on 21 November 2001 to attend the international conference of the Christian Democratic parties, at which President Vicente Fox represented Mexico. President Arroyo was the guest of Mexico during the Tenth APEC Leaders Meeting held in La Paz, Baja California in October 2002.[2]

In November 2011, former Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala made a two-day special visit to the Philippines. Margarita Zavala met the Philippine President in the Malacañang Palace. She also visited Fort Santiago and the Nayong Kabataan shelter for children.[5]

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto made a visit to the Philippines on 17 November 2015 on during the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila. During his visit, President Peña Nieto and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III discussed enhancing trade relations and witnessed the signing of bilateral agreements on the avoidance of double taxation, tourism cooperation, and combating illegal drug trade.[6][7]

List of high-level visits edit

Presidential visits from Mexico to the Philippines[8][9][10]
Presidential visits from the Philippines to Mexico[2]

Bilateral agreements signed edit

To date, Mexico and the Philippines have signed the following agreements:[2]

  • Bilateral Air Transport Agreement, signed in 1952.
  • Cultural Agreement signed in Mexico in 1969.
  • Agreement on Scientific-Technical Cooperation in Agricultural Matters, signed in 1994
  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism in 1995.
  • Visa Abolition Agreement ordinary, signed in 1997.
  • Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Illicit Trafficking and Abuse of Narcotic Drugs.
  • Basic Agreement on Technical and Scientific Cooperation in 1997.
  • Psychotropic Substances and Precursors Control, signed in 1997.
  • Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation between the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, signed in 1997.

In February 2012, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario signed two bilateral agreements with Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa in Mexico. These agreements include establishing a Joint Bilateral Consultation Meeting and providing for the exchange of information, training modules, and scholars for diplomatic training.[11]

Trade and commerce edit

 
Monument to José Rizal on the Paseo de la Reforma in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City

In 2022, two-way trade between both nations amounted to US$4.1 billion.[4] Mexico's main export products to the Philippines include: copper ores and concentrates; memory units; tequila; alcoholic beverages; generators of radio, audio, video or stereo signals; special acoustic effects generators; motor boats; control units or adapters; and modular circuits. The Philippines main export products to Mexico include: memory units; photovoltaic solar cells; harness; voltage sources; goods for the Sector Promotion Program of the Automotive and Auto Parts Industry; modular circuits; and crude oil.[2]

Mexico is the third largest importer from the Philippines in the Americas (after the United States and Canada) and is the seventh largest exporter to the Philippines. Mexican multinational company Cemex operates in the Philippines.

UNESCO Partnership edit

In late 2014, the idea to nominate the Manila–Acapulco Galleon Trade Route was initiated by the Mexican ambassador to UNESCO with the Filipino ambassador to UNESCO after a meeting between the two sides during a documentary showing of the galleons was held in Cuernavaca, Mexico.[12]

An Experts' Roundtable Meeting was held at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on 23 April 2015 as part of the preparation of the Philippines for the possible transnational nomination of the Manila–Acapulco Galleon Trade Route to the World Heritage List. The nomination will be made jointly with Mexico. The meeting focused on the tornaviaje, shipyards in the Bicol region, underwater archaeology, maps and cartography, fortifications in the Philippines, food, textile, and historical dimension. The papers presented and discussed during the roundtable meeting will be synthesized into a working document to establish the route's outstanding universal value.[13] The Mexican side reiterated that they will also follow suit with the preparations for the route's nomination. Spain has also backed the nomination of the route in the World Heritage List and has also suggested the archives related to the route under the possession of the Philippines, Mexico, and Spain to be nominated as part of another UNESCO list, the Memory of the World Register.[14]

The Galeón: Manila–Acapulco Galleon Museum, or Museo de Galleon, had its soft opening in the capital of the Philippines in 2017. The huge museum is a prestigious exhibition and research center on the history of globalization, through the lens of the galleon trade, and thus from the Philippine and Mexican puntos de vista. Various areas of the museum are still being constructed and expanded.[15]

Resident diplomatic missions edit

 
Embassy of the Philippines in Colonia Verónica Anzures, Mexico City

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Philippine History | Filipino History". www.philippine-history.org.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bilateral relations between Mexico and the Philippines (in Spanish)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Relaciones Bilaterales". embamex.sre.gob.mx.
  4. ^ a b 70º aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Filipinas (in Spanish)
  5. ^ . InterAksyon. November 23, 2011. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Villanueva, Marichu (September 17, 2015). "Mexican president coming for state visit". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. ^ Sabillo, Kristine Angeli (November 17, 2015). "Aquino, Nieto discuss trade, proposed Mexico-PH action plan". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  10. ^ "History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Philippines (in Spanish)" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Philippines, Mexico Sign Bilateral Accords". Manila Bulletin. February 18, 2012.
  12. ^ [1][dead link]
  13. ^ "PH, Mexico push to nominate Manila–Acapulco Galleon Trade Route to World Heritage List". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2017.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  14. ^ . The Philippine Star. July 5, 2015. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015.
  15. ^ "Galeón | the Galleon Trade".
  16. ^ "Inicio". embamex.sre.gob.mx.
  17. ^ Embassy of the Philippines in Mexico City

External links edit

  •   Media related to Relations of Mexico and the Philippines at Wikimedia Commons

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Mexico Philippines relations are the bilateral relations of the United Mexican States and the Republic of the Philippines Mexico and the Philippines share a common history dating from when the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled the Spanish East Indies for the Spanish Crown Both nations are members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and the United Nations Mexico Philippines relationsMexico Philippines Contents 1 History 1 1 Philippines under the Viceroyalty of New Spain 1 2 Independent relationships 1 3 After Philippine independence 1 4 High level visits 2 List of high level visits 3 Bilateral agreements signed 4 Trade and commerce 5 UNESCO Partnership 6 Resident diplomatic missions 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editMexico and the Philippines share many traditions and customs which derive from ties established over 250 years In 1521 Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire and in the same year Ferdinand Magellan travelled to Asia and claimed the Philippine islands for the Spanish crown In 1543 after their discovery the explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos sailed from Barra de Navidad Jalisco Mexico to recognize and name these islands They were named the Philippine Islands in honor of Prince Felipe of Asturias 1 In 1565 Spanish Governor General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi claimed the Philippines as a Spanish Colony and designated Manila as its capital in 1571 Due to its distance from Spain the Spanish Government assigned Manila s administration and government to the Viceroyalty of New Spain for two and a half centuries 1 Evangelization and commercialization constituted the core of intercontinental ties between Asia and America that materialized with the Manila Acapulco galleons trade 2 Due to the exchange with the Philippines many Mexicans and Spaniards remained in the Philippines and some Filipinos in Mexico particularly the central west coast near the port town of Acapulco Many Nahuatl words were adopted and popularized in the Philippines such as Tianggui market fair and Zapote a fruit Philippines under the Viceroyalty of New Spain edit The Philippines was proclaimed a Spanish colony in 1565 when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi was appointed Governor General He selected Manila as the capital in 1571 The islands were very remote so the Spanish Royal Family commissioned the Philippine government administration to the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City for over two and half centuries 1 Hence many of the Filipino governors were Mexican Creole The army was recruited from all the populations of New Spain which led to ethnic and cultural mingling between Mexicans and Filipinos Evangelization and commerce connected America and Asia exemplified by the galleon trade The trade between Canton and Acapulco passed through Manila where Chinese ships came laden with silks and porcelain to be sent to America in exchange for silver And the exchange of ideas accompanied the exchange of products 1 Independent relationships edit nbsp President Enrique Pena Nieto and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Claudia Ruiz Massieu visit the monument to the 201st Fighter Squadron in Manila November 2015 Mexicans were among the Latin Americans involved with the Filipino soldier Andres Novales and his 1823 uprising against Spain In the Mexican side Filipinos like Ramon Fabie had supported Miguel Hidalgo in the Mexican War of Independence In 1842 after the colonial period Mexico stationed an independent representative in Manila However the earliest reference to a Mexican diplomat in the Philippines is found during the Revolution in the Porfiriato with the appointment in 1878 of Evaristo Hernandez Butler as Consul 2 During World War II Mexico participated in the Pacific campaign against Japan and sent the 201 Squadron with a contingent of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force which arrived in Manila on 30 April 1945 commanded by Colonel Antonio Cardenas Rodriguez The Mexican air force participated in the Battle of Luzon 2 After Philippine independence edit The independence of the Philippines brought forth a new era of relations between these countries Mexico dispatched an envoy to participate in the festivities to celebrate the birth of the Southeast Asian nation Diplomatic ties between both countries were formalized on 14 April 1953 2 The year of 1964 was decreed the Year of Philippine Mexican Friendship to celebrate the Fourth Centennial of the expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi In modern day the conquest of the Philippines is seen as a Spanish initiative while Mexico is viewed as a country of historical link and friendship and several groups intend on strengthening the bond between the two countries 3 The Philippine Legation in Mexico opened its doors with Carlos Gutierrez Macias as Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on 17 September 1953 It was elevated to the rank of an embassy on 25 July 1961 That same year Mexico opened an embassy in Manila 2 In 2023 both nations celebrated 70 years of diplomatic relations 4 High level visits edit nbsp Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos attending the North South Summit in Cancun along with his Mexican counterpart President Jose Lopez Portillo 1981During the presidency of Diosdado Macapagal the President of Mexico Adolfo Lopez Mateos paid a state visit to the Philippines from October 20 to 23 1962 to respond to the trip to Mexico in 1960 by then Vice President Macapagal The year 1964 was designated the Year of the Mexican Filipino Friendship to celebrate the fourth centenary of the expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited Mexico on 21 November 2001 to attend the international conference of the Christian Democratic parties at which President Vicente Fox represented Mexico President Arroyo was the guest of Mexico during the Tenth APEC Leaders Meeting held in La Paz Baja California in October 2002 2 In November 2011 former Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala made a two day special visit to the Philippines Margarita Zavala met the Philippine President in the Malacanang Palace She also visited Fort Santiago and the Nayong Kabataan shelter for children 5 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto made a visit to the Philippines on 17 November 2015 on during the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in Manila During his visit President Pena Nieto and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III discussed enhancing trade relations and witnessed the signing of bilateral agreements on the avoidance of double taxation tourism cooperation and combating illegal drug trade 6 7 List of high level visits editPresidential visits from Mexico to the Philippines 8 9 10 President Adolfo Lopez Mateos October 1962 President Jose Lopez Portillo November 1978 President Ernesto Zedillo November 1996 President Enrique Pena Nieto November 2015 Presidential visits from the Philippines to Mexico 2 President Ferdinand Marcos October 1981 President Fidel V Ramos May 1997 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo November 2001 amp October 2002 Bilateral agreements signed editTo date Mexico and the Philippines have signed the following agreements 2 Bilateral Air Transport Agreement signed in 1952 Cultural Agreement signed in Mexico in 1969 Agreement on Scientific Technical Cooperation in Agricultural Matters signed in 1994 Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism in 1995 Visa Abolition Agreement ordinary signed in 1997 Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Illicit Trafficking and Abuse of Narcotic Drugs Basic Agreement on Technical and Scientific Cooperation in 1997 Psychotropic Substances and Precursors Control signed in 1997 Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation between the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines signed in 1997 In February 2012 Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario signed two bilateral agreements with Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa in Mexico These agreements include establishing a Joint Bilateral Consultation Meeting and providing for the exchange of information training modules and scholars for diplomatic training 11 Trade and commerce edit nbsp Monument to Jose Rizal on the Paseo de la Reforma in Lomas de Chapultepec Mexico CityIn 2022 two way trade between both nations amounted to US 4 1 billion 4 Mexico s main export products to the Philippines include copper ores and concentrates memory units tequila alcoholic beverages generators of radio audio video or stereo signals special acoustic effects generators motor boats control units or adapters and modular circuits The Philippines main export products to Mexico include memory units photovoltaic solar cells harness voltage sources goods for the Sector Promotion Program of the Automotive and Auto Parts Industry modular circuits and crude oil 2 Mexico is the third largest importer from the Philippines in the Americas after the United States and Canada and is the seventh largest exporter to the Philippines Mexican multinational company Cemex operates in the Philippines UNESCO Partnership editIn late 2014 the idea to nominate the Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade Route was initiated by the Mexican ambassador to UNESCO with the Filipino ambassador to UNESCO after a meeting between the two sides during a documentary showing of the galleons was held in Cuernavaca Mexico 12 An Experts Roundtable Meeting was held at the University of Santo Tomas UST on 23 April 2015 as part of the preparation of the Philippines for the possible transnational nomination of the Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade Route to the World Heritage List The nomination will be made jointly with Mexico The meeting focused on the tornaviaje shipyards in the Bicol region underwater archaeology maps and cartography fortifications in the Philippines food textile and historical dimension The papers presented and discussed during the roundtable meeting will be synthesized into a working document to establish the route s outstanding universal value 13 The Mexican side reiterated that they will also follow suit with the preparations for the route s nomination Spain has also backed the nomination of the route in the World Heritage List and has also suggested the archives related to the route under the possession of the Philippines Mexico and Spain to be nominated as part of another UNESCO list the Memory of the World Register 14 The Galeon Manila Acapulco Galleon Museum or Museo de Galleon had its soft opening in the capital of the Philippines in 2017 The huge museum is a prestigious exhibition and research center on the history of globalization through the lens of the galleon trade and thus from the Philippine and Mexican puntos de vista Various areas of the museum are still being constructed and expanded 15 Resident diplomatic missions edit nbsp Embassy of the Philippines in Colonia Veronica Anzures Mexico CityMexico has an embassy in Manila 16 Philippines has an embassy in Mexico City 17 See also editEmbassy of the Philippines Mexico City Filipino immigration to Mexico Mexican settlement in the PhilippinesReferences edit a b c d Philippine History Filipino History www philippine history org a b c d e f g h i Bilateral relations between Mexico and the Philippines in Spanish PDF Relaciones Bilaterales embamex sre gob mx a b 70º aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomaticas entre Mexico y Filipinas in Spanish Aquino hosts luncheon for visiting Mexican first lady InterAksyon November 23 2011 Archived from the original on November 24 2011 Retrieved December 24 2012 Villanueva Marichu September 17 2015 Mexican president coming for state visit The Philippine Star Retrieved November 2 2015 Sabillo Kristine Angeli November 17 2015 Aquino Nieto discuss trade proposed Mexico PH action plan Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved November 22 2015 President Fidel V Ramos visits Mexico in Spanish Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 03 18 Presidente Ernesto Zedillo Gira Internacional por Asia in Spanish Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 03 18 History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Philippines in Spanish PDF Philippines Mexico Sign Bilateral Accords Manila Bulletin February 18 2012 1 dead link PH Mexico push to nominate Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade Route to World Heritage List Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines 28 April 2015 Retrieved 14 December 2017 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Spain backs inclusion of galleon trade route to World Heritage List The Philippine Star July 5 2015 Archived from the original on July 5 2015 Galeon the Galleon Trade Inicio embamex sre gob mx Embassy of the Philippines in Mexico CityExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Relations of Mexico and the Philippines at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mexico Philippines relations amp oldid 1186771270, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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