MEXICO CITY – When the United Nations voted for what was known as partition and created the State of Israel 64 years ago, subsequently granting it full membership, several Latin American countries – Brazil, El Salvador, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Honduras – abstained, or, in the case of Cuba, voted against the relevant resolutions. Mexico abstained on partition, though it voted in favor of admitting Israel to the UN a few months later, and subsequently recognized the Jewish state, acknowledging that its national interest was best served by not taking sides in the Middle East imbroglio.
墨西哥城——64年前，联合国就分割并建立以色列国进行表决，随后又授予以色列完全成员国资格。当时不少拉美国家——巴西、萨尔瓦多、阿根廷、哥伦比亚、智利、洪都拉斯——都投了弃权票，而古巴则投了反对票。墨西哥对分割决议投了反对票，但对几个月后的承认以色列国为联合国成员国决议投了赞成票，随后又将以色列视为犹太国家，承认在中东纠纷中不偏不倚最符合其国家利益。