You contact allied countries that have trade ties with Myca.
You explain the U.S. position that miners have the right to strike without fear of losing their jobs. If Myca’s president changes her mind about elections, the miners’ strike and other civil unrest would end, trade would resume, and humanitarian aid could be delivered. Your allies agree.
The U.S. ambassador to Myca leads them in delivering a formal request, or demarche, to the president. The president replies that the United States is clearly biased. She says that foreign countries should stay out of Myca’s domestic issues.
Then Myca’s minister of health announces that COVID-19 is spreading fast in the overcrowded displacement camps housing people who lost their homes in the hurricane. The healthcare system is getting overwhelmed.
— Spokesperson for Myca’s presidentWe don’t tell other countries what to do, and they should act the same. Our government is completely within its rights to fire the strikers if it chooses.
— Mycan doctor to local reporterOur hospitals are already filled to overflowing with victims of the hurricane. Dealing with COVID patients will be a real challenge.
— U.S. Embassy Myca tweetWe tried to convey our sincere concern for the well-being of the Mycan people. We regret that the government did not take it that way.
