President Biden To Arrive In Los Angeles Later Today To Host The Summit Of The Americas

 

NPR: Biden is hosting the Summit of the Americas, but Mexico's president won't be there 

The Summit of the Americas — an event bringing together leaders of countries from Chile to Canada this week — was supposed to be a chance for the White House to demonstrate its leadership on big regional issues such as migration, climate change and recovering from the pandemic. 

But the agenda has been overshadowed by who won't be at the table. Several leaders, including Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, turned down the chance to meet with President Biden in Los Angeles.  

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WNU Editor: Mexico's no-show is embarrassing. Brazil making demands before agreeing to go to the summit is not surprising (link here). So much for the White House trying to demonstrate its leadership on big regional issues such as migration, economic development, climate change and recovering from the pandemic. 

President Biden To Arrive In Los Angeles Later Today To Host The Summit Of The Americas  

Biden to Host Latin American Leaders at Summit in Los Angeles -- New York Times 

In blow to Biden, Mexico president to skip Americas Summit -- AP  

Mexico snub casts shadow on Biden's Americas summit -- DW  

Brazil president reportedly gave Biden demands before agreeing to attend summit -- NYPost  

Biden targets Latin America reset at summit marred by invite tension -- Reuters  

Biden lays out new economic vision for Latin America -- The Hill  

Snubs from key leaders at Summit of the Americas reveal Biden's struggle to assert US leadership in its neighborhood -- CNN

Cuba Is A Sore Point At The America's Summit

President Obama at the Summit of the Americas meeting on Sunday in Cartagena, Colombia, where he completed a bilateral deal. Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

Americas Meeting Ends With Discord Over Cuba -- New York Times

CARTAGENA, Colombia — A summit meeting of Western Hemisphere nations ended without a final statement of consensus on Sunday, after the United States and some Latin American nations remained sharply divided over whether to continue excluding Cuba from such gatherings.

President Obama and President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, the host, each proclaimed the Summit of the Americas a success at a joint news conference afterward, though the gathering yielded no major achievement. The meeting, the first since 2009, served mostly as a forum for leaders from more than 30 nations to air their positions on energy, trade and drug trafficking.

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More News On The America's Summit

Canada, U.S. scuttle Summit of the Americas statement -- CBC
Summit of the Americas ends without final declaration -- BBC
Cuba split leaves summit without declaration -- FOX News/AP
Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba -- Reuters
Cuba casts big shadow over Summit of Americas -- AP
Obama concludes Summit of the Americas on the defensive about inviting Cuba -- Washington Post
Obama ‘hopeful’ about transition in Cuba, says he is willing to look at problem in fresh way -- Washington Post/AP
Regional summit’s future in doubt without Cuba -- Miami Herald
Split over Cuba could sink hemispheric summits -- AP