At the Saharawi embassy in Mexico City. Belisario Betancur established relations with this Arab nation, the only one that speaks Spanish, located south of Morocco. The UN ordered a referendum to achieve its independence from the Kingdom of Morocco, which has yet to take place. When I became president, I worked to deepen diplomatic relations and allowed them to open an embassy. The Saharawi people have endured napalm bombings, mass exoduses of nearly their entire population, and young Saharawis advocating for independence are sentenced to life imprisonment by Moroccans. Abelardo, following orders from Israel, suspended diplomatic relations.