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| Mexico City to move statue of former Azeri leader | Mexico City to move statue of former Azeri leader |
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| The mayor of Mexico City has said that a controversial statue of the former Azeri leader Heydar Aliyev will be moved from its current location. | The mayor of Mexico City has said that a controversial statue of the former Azeri leader Heydar Aliyev will be moved from its current location. |
| Miguel Angel Macera said the statue would be moved from a park on the city's main avenue that Azerbaijan paid to have renovated. | Miguel Angel Macera said the statue would be moved from a park on the city's main avenue that Azerbaijan paid to have renovated. |
| Oil-rich Azerbaijan has threatened to cut investments in Mexico in response. | Oil-rich Azerbaijan has threatened to cut investments in Mexico in response. |
| Human rights activists had objected to the statue and pointed to the repressive nature of Mr Aliyev's rule. | Human rights activists had objected to the statue and pointed to the repressive nature of Mr Aliyev's rule. |
| Azeri investments in Mexico amount to $4bn (£2.5bn), according to the Azeri embassy in Mexico. | Azeri investments in Mexico amount to $4bn (£2.5bn), according to the Azeri embassy in Mexico. |
| When the previous mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, unveiled the Azerbaijan-Mexico Park last year, he said it was a "testament to the will of the two peoples to grow closer". | When the previous mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, unveiled the Azerbaijan-Mexico Park last year, he said it was a "testament to the will of the two peoples to grow closer". |
| Mr Ebrard also noted that - in 16 years - none of the 180 diplomatic missions or 45 international organisations based in Mexico City had given as much money for public spaces in the capital as Azerbaijan. | Mr Ebrard also noted that - in 16 years - none of the 180 diplomatic missions or 45 international organisations based in Mexico City had given as much money for public spaces in the capital as Azerbaijan. |
| A plaque accompanying the statue describes Aliyev as "a great politician and statesman". | A plaque accompanying the statue describes Aliyev as "a great politician and statesman". |
| In Azerbaijan there is a growing personality cult surrounding the former leader, who is regarded as a father of the nation, which became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the BBC's Damien McGuinness reports from neighbouring Georgia. | |
| His face can be seen on huge billboards all over the country, our correspondent adds. | His face can be seen on huge billboards all over the country, our correspondent adds. |
| Mr Aliyev's son Ilham has ruled the country since 2003 - but with presidential elections in October, and growing concerns in the West about the government's human rights record, Azerbaijan is keen to promote his father's image abroad, he says. | Mr Aliyev's son Ilham has ruled the country since 2003 - but with presidential elections in October, and growing concerns in the West about the government's human rights record, Azerbaijan is keen to promote his father's image abroad, he says. |