Mexico warns U.S. in spying row

(Vatican Radio) Mexico's Foreign Ministry is again warning the US Government to hurry up and complete a report about spying on its Presidency by the National Security Agency. James Blears reports that Washington is playing with bi-lateral fire due to this continued stalling and dithering.

The procrastination has already convinced Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff to cancel what would have been the first State visit to Washington by a Brazilian Head of State in 18 years.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has tried to counter, by saying that national and international security is at stake. However, this simply doesn't square with the latest revelations, courtesy of ex intelligence data analyst Edward Snowden, in which the NSA smugly reveals that the hacking of then President Felipe Calderon's e mails was quote: "A lucrative source of information."

The Mexican Foreign Ministry's latest broadside cautions: "In a relationship between neighbors and partners, there's no place for alleged practises! It also says it wants the investigation completed very soon.

The political writing is clearly on the wall, but Washington still appears to be taking its time.


Listen to James Blear's report: