Mexican ex Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda urged Monday to break off relations and accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez of intervening in elections of some Latin American nations, Efe reported.

Bilateral links should be radically broken, Castañeda told radio show "Enfoque" after Venezuelan Minister of Integration and Foreign Trade Gustavo Márquez expressed that he was behind an anti-Venezuela campaign.

Márquez's remarks emerged amidst a dispute between Mexican President Vicente Fox and his Venezuelan counterpart concerning their stances on the establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA.)

The two governments announced Monday that they would recall their respective ambassadors and left diplomatic relations at the level of deputy chiefs of mission.

"It is well known that Venezuela's threads are moved from Havana, and there they think that I decide everything that is going on in Mexico in this regard. I am pretty much flattered because both Cubans and Venezuelans think that I have so much power. Unfortunately, this it not the case," Castañeda reckoned.