In dialogue with the EFE agency, the main adviser for Latin America of theto white houseJohn Gonzalezassured that the United States would attend a Summit of the Americas to which the leaders of VenezuelaCuba and Nicaragua to talk with them.
González assured that they will always be willing to talk but that inviting the leaders of these three countries to US territory would have been a “contradiction” in view of its policy of not tolerating human rights violations.
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“How can we invite a country when they are putting people in jail just for singing and asking for food? You can’t reconcile that kind of thing with an invitation. It does not mean that we are not going to talk to Cuba,” said González.
Juan González added that if there is a new Summit of the Americas attended by the current leaders of Cuba, Venezuela or Nicaragua, they would definitely attend because they are not going to “run away from this conversation” about human rights and respect for civil liberties.
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The White House adviser concluded by reiterating that are “willing to have talks with Cubawe support a dialogue in VenezuelaWe have tried to talk to Nicaragua, but that is very different from inviting them here. The president has spoken with Putin, He spoke with Putin before the invasion of Ukraine, but he is not going to invite him to Washington.”