Mexico president to skip Americas Summit, snubbing Biden
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will skip the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, dealing a blow to Biden's agenda.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will skip the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, dealing a blow to Biden's agenda.
Six decades later, the problem is the same: a loud, angry mob views any gun-control legislation as a calamitous step into government oppression.
The U.S. is hosting the summit for the first time since its launch in 1994, in Miami, as part of an effort to galvanize support for a free trade agreement stretching from Alaska to Patagonia.
The Mexican president says he will boycott the event over guest list that excludes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
When leaders gather at the Summit of the Americas this week, the focus is likely to veer from policy issues - migration, climate change and galloping inflation - and instead shift to something Hollywood thrives on: the drama of the red carpet.