08-25-2019, 09:56 PM
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Xiomeran Imperial News, International Edition
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Atl 25, Xatl Papalotl, 2019
GCL continues boycott, XBA objects
In a brief announcement, the Good Citizens' League of Xiomera confirmed that it will continue urging Xiomeran citizens to boycott Lauchenoirian commerce. Lauchenoirian Prime Minister Josephine Alvarez recently labeled the GCL-led boycott action as "immature and childish", and stated that her government would not respond in kind. Alvarez asked Lauchenoirians to continue to buy Xiomeran goods as normal. This led Ilhuimixtli, Chairwoman of the Good Citizens’ League, to scoff in her statement to the press today in response. "So....they're still buying our products, and giving us money....while we're not buying their goods and not giving them any money. So, as usual, the Lauchenoirian government is basically doing nothing. I guess Prime Minister Alvarez sure taught us a lesson," Ilhuimixtli said, to mocking and laughs from the large crowd of GCL members and other patriotic Xiomerans who had gathered to hear her statement. "I suppose we had better watch out, or she might just give us a few million quetzals as further punishment!"
Ilhuimixtli turned more serious when asked about concerns from other Xiomeran groups about the ongoing boycotts of Zamastanian and Lauchenoirian commerce. Most notably, the Xiomeran Business Association has ramped up its criticism of the boycott actions. Xocolcōza, the Chairman of the XBA, has reportedly scheduled a meeting with Emperor Topilpopoca to urge the government to force the GCL and other groups affiliated with it to end the boycotts. Xocolcōza has termed the boycott, and the trade war in general, as "a question of whether or not we intend to commit economic suicide, and drag the rest of the IDU with us, because a few nationalistic people who failed economics in school got their feelings hurt."
Ilhuimixtli responded by saying: "The real question is this: Is Xiomera itself for sale? Is our honor for sale? Is our self-respect for sale? Our respect in the world, is that for sale? Are we simply to accept mistreatment by other nations because abasement to those who think they're our masters pays well? Or do we stand up for ourselves, in whatever way we can? We are traders at heart, but even for Xiomerans, some things are not for sale. Our integrity must be one of those things, or we are not a nation at all," Ilhuimixtli declared.
For its part, the government has dismissed claims from Alvarez and others that it is behind the boycott push. "We have no interest in a trade war, and we certainly have no interest in these silly boycotts. We hope to return to regional normalcy in trade, just as everyone else does," Secretary for Trade and Economic Relations Tlanextia said. "However, you simply can't slap people across the face repeatedly, as certain nations have been doing to us, and not expect people to respond," she added, declaring that other nations "could do more" to de-escalate the situation.
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Xiomeran Imperial News, International Edition
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Atl 25, Xatl Papalotl, 2019
GCL continues boycott, XBA objects
In a brief announcement, the Good Citizens' League of Xiomera confirmed that it will continue urging Xiomeran citizens to boycott Lauchenoirian commerce. Lauchenoirian Prime Minister Josephine Alvarez recently labeled the GCL-led boycott action as "immature and childish", and stated that her government would not respond in kind. Alvarez asked Lauchenoirians to continue to buy Xiomeran goods as normal. This led Ilhuimixtli, Chairwoman of the Good Citizens’ League, to scoff in her statement to the press today in response. "So....they're still buying our products, and giving us money....while we're not buying their goods and not giving them any money. So, as usual, the Lauchenoirian government is basically doing nothing. I guess Prime Minister Alvarez sure taught us a lesson," Ilhuimixtli said, to mocking and laughs from the large crowd of GCL members and other patriotic Xiomerans who had gathered to hear her statement. "I suppose we had better watch out, or she might just give us a few million quetzals as further punishment!"
Ilhuimixtli turned more serious when asked about concerns from other Xiomeran groups about the ongoing boycotts of Zamastanian and Lauchenoirian commerce. Most notably, the Xiomeran Business Association has ramped up its criticism of the boycott actions. Xocolcōza, the Chairman of the XBA, has reportedly scheduled a meeting with Emperor Topilpopoca to urge the government to force the GCL and other groups affiliated with it to end the boycotts. Xocolcōza has termed the boycott, and the trade war in general, as "a question of whether or not we intend to commit economic suicide, and drag the rest of the IDU with us, because a few nationalistic people who failed economics in school got their feelings hurt."
Ilhuimixtli responded by saying: "The real question is this: Is Xiomera itself for sale? Is our honor for sale? Is our self-respect for sale? Our respect in the world, is that for sale? Are we simply to accept mistreatment by other nations because abasement to those who think they're our masters pays well? Or do we stand up for ourselves, in whatever way we can? We are traders at heart, but even for Xiomerans, some things are not for sale. Our integrity must be one of those things, or we are not a nation at all," Ilhuimixtli declared.
For its part, the government has dismissed claims from Alvarez and others that it is behind the boycott push. "We have no interest in a trade war, and we certainly have no interest in these silly boycotts. We hope to return to regional normalcy in trade, just as everyone else does," Secretary for Trade and Economic Relations Tlanextia said. "However, you simply can't slap people across the face repeatedly, as certain nations have been doing to us, and not expect people to respond," she added, declaring that other nations "could do more" to de-escalate the situation.
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