Dominican Republic: US diplomat told to take pride elsewhere

Catholic Cardinal says diplomacy ‘not for that sort of thing’

Cardinal Nicolás de Jésus López Rodríguez has told the American ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Wally Brewster, to “take his pride elsewhere,” Pink News reports.

The cardinal, who has reportedly called Brewster a maricon (faggot) in previous comments, more recently took issue with a video featuring the American emissary and his husband, saying that diplomacy is not “for that sort of thing” and that the video is “negative propaganda.”

In the video, Brewster, who is one of six out American gay ambassadors, says he is proud to be celebrating June as Pride month with many other governments and citizens around the world in recognition of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Natasha Barsotti is originally from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. She had high aspirations of representing her country in Olympic Games sprint events, but after a while the firing of the starting gun proved too much for her nerves. So she went off to university instead. Her first professional love has always been journalism. After pursuing a Master of Journalism at UBC , she began freelancing at Xtra West — now Xtra Vancouver — in 2006, becoming a full-time reporter there in 2008.

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