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It would be a tragedy if Latin America were to return to first another cycle of military involvement in politics or even a return to military rule, followed by another multi-decade effort to get the soldiers back in the barracks.
Summits are invariably big picture-high policy gatherings that are festivals of bloviation in which political mandarins spew pronouncements with “calls for action” that are aspirational but not feasible.
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador allegedly attempted to blackmail President Joe Biden to include non-democratic countries in the Summit of the Americas' guest list, according to a U.S. Senator.
Protesters decried the absence of leaders from Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua and other countries. But some suggest that countries that skipped the summit are hurting their own people.
President Joe Biden has boosted public support for his leadership and government to 52 percent, from Mexicans in Mexico, a Gallup poll found.