MIAMI, United States. — The United States government confirmed this Monday that Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela will not be invited to the IX Summit of the Americas, scheduled to be held next June in Los Angeles.
In statements offered by the Colombian television station NTN24the US Undersecretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Brian Nichols, commented that the event does not foresee the presence of representatives of those regimes.
“It is a key moment. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela do not respect the Democratic Charter and therefore we do not expect their presence”, said Nichols during a brief intervention in the space question of power.
According to Nichols, the absence of Havana, Managua and Caracas at the Summit is consistent with the policy of the Biden administration, which has prioritized respect for human rights in international relations issues.
“The president has been very clear that countries that do not respect democracy due to their actions will not receive invitations,” said the senior official.
Nichols also denied the rumors spread by the British newspaper The Economist about an alleged meeting between the United States and the Chavista regime of Nicolás Maduro.
“There will be no meeting. We do not have any meetings planned at this time,” he added.
The US responds to AMLO
Brian Nichols’ statements came shortly after the Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), revealed in his usual morning press conference that he asked US President Joe Biden to invite Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to the Summit.
“With all due respect, I proposed to President Biden that if there is going to be a Summit of the Americas, all the countries, all the peoples of the Americas, must participate, that no one must exclude anyone. Everyone, everyone, everyone, the policy in America has to change, we can no longer continue to maintain the policy of two centuries ago, ”said the president about his telephone conversation with his American counterpart.
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