In early May, the US assured that Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua would not be invited to the Summit of the Americas
After the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Tuesday, May 10, that if all the countries were not included in the Summit of the Americas in the city of Los Angeles, he would not go to the meeting but would send In his representation to the foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrad, the United States (USA) stepped forward to respond.
Already Lopez Obrador has twice stated its intention to ask the US not to exclude anyone from the Summit of the Americas and to let the countries decide not to attend the meeting, this in direct reference to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba; nations that Washington previously said it would not invite to the event because it considers that they do not defend democracy.
In this context, the outgoing spokeswoman for the White House, Jen Psaki, responded to journalists who asked her about the words of the Mexican president about the Summit of the Americas that “the invitations have not yet been issued” and that “no they have made the final decisions» leaving the final verdict from Washington on the meeting scheduled for early June pending.
Psaki added that this Summit is an opportunity for the countries of the region to focus on various issues that are of common interest, as well as highlighting the struggle for freedom and democracy that all nations should have.
Other important issues for the United States and the countries of the region, which could be discussed at the Summit of the Americas, are collaboration in the fight against covid-19, addressing the causes that generate migration, the economic situation and the fight against organized crime.
The Summit of the Americas to be held in June will not have the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela as guests, after the United States ruled out inviting them considering that they do not respect democracy, at least according to what it said to NTN24 the US Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean, Brian Nicholsbeginnings of May.
“Cuba, Nicaragua and the regime of Nicolás Maduro do not respect the democratic charter of the Americas and therefore I do not expect their presence,” said Nichols.
With information from VOA / Reform
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