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PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mexico's president has announced that he will not travel to the U.S. this week to attend the Summit of the
WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Mexico's president snubs US-hosted summit over invitation list, distracting from Biden's agenda
The Biden administration once hoped the 9th Summit of the Americas' gathering in Los Angeles would be a chance to showcase U.S. leadership in the Western Hemisphere and a move past the often tense relations that prevailed under the Trump administration. But the weeklong gathering that starts Monday in Los Angeles has instead become so rife with ideological drama that it risks becoming one more headache for President Biden's foreign policy agenda and his political standing at home.
Despite the Biden administration’s efforts to outline a new, positive vision for engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, old fault lines are likely to come into play at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which kicks off in Los Angeles on June 6. Both U.S. domestic politics and governments in the hemisphere with a more skeptical view of Washington and its intentions contribute to these tensions. A new U.S. perspective is required — one that takes into greater account the region’s diversity, priorities and political complexity. Without such a shift, the perception and reality of...
A brewing boycott over the invitation list to this year's Summit of the Americas, planned for Los Angeles next month, has threatened to overshadow the meeting's agenda.