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peppertree

(21,530 posts)
Wed Jun 8, 2022, 05:23 PM Jun 2022

Biden arrives at Summit of the Americas intent on demonstrating focus on region despite snubs

Source: CNN

President Joe Biden arrives here Wednesday to play host to nearly two dozen leaders from Latin America, hoping to use new economic and migration announcements to demonstrate cohesion in a region of fractured politics and, at times, entrenched skepticism of the United States.

His mission has been made more difficult by the decision of several leaders to boycott, including the top officials from Mexico and three Central American countries the US has worked to cultivate. They refused to attend because Biden declined to extend invitations to three autocratic leaders.

The drama over the invitation list dampened the prospect of major shows of unity. Yet Biden remained intent Wednesday on showing his commitment to a part of the world often overlooked in American foreign policy.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/politics/biden-summit-of-the-americas/index.html





President Joe Biden listens as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during the North American Leaders’ Summit at the White House last November.

President Biden's decision to exclude the heads of state of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela prompted a boycott from Mexico's López Obrador, as well as the presidents of Bolivia and Honduras.
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Biden arrives at Summit of the Americas intent on demonstrating focus on region despite snubs (Original Post) peppertree Jun 2022 OP
Excluding unpopular leaders is a mistake pfitz59 Jun 2022 #1
In addition, it seems that Cuba is ripe for change. groundloop Jun 2022 #2
Agreed. It was a rare foreign policy misstep for Joe and a missed opportunity. nt crickets Jun 2022 #4
Sometimes I wonder who is advising him... Xolodno Jun 2022 #5
Yes, it is a mistake. Magoo48 Jun 2022 #6
I think he knows what he is doing . . .. Lovie777 Jun 2022 #3

pfitz59

(10,198 posts)
1. Excluding unpopular leaders is a mistake
Wed Jun 8, 2022, 05:32 PM
Jun 2022

No effective change can be discussed without addressing those nations.

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
2. In addition, it seems that Cuba is ripe for change.
Wed Jun 8, 2022, 06:20 PM
Jun 2022

Biden recently announced steps to reverse 45*'s prohibition against travel to Cuba, this could have been a good opportunity to highlight what the US relationship with Cuba could look like going forward.

Xolodno

(6,341 posts)
5. Sometimes I wonder who is advising him...
Wed Jun 8, 2022, 07:24 PM
Jun 2022

...to take a hard line on so much. On Russia, ok. But we've had a hardline on Cuba for several decades and hasn't done a damn thing. Of course if you ask Marco Rubio, the government is going to fall any day now and welcome the Batista stooges back with open arms and will just gladly turn over their oligarchic holdings they had in the past back to them with no questions asked.

Magoo48

(4,660 posts)
6. Yes, it is a mistake.
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 08:53 AM
Jun 2022

The world sees us. Even a glance at the moral high ground from America is hypocritical. And, here we are excluding countries whose political systems we’ve been messing with for years.

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