Posted on 05/12/2022 3:42:10 AM PDT by EBH
MEXICO CITY/SAO PAULO, May 10 (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday he would not attend the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas next month if all countries in the region were not invited, while Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is also likely to skip the meeting, sources told Reuters.
The absence of the leaders of Latin America's two biggest economies would be a blow for the get-together of regional heads of state, which is expected to tackle issues from migration to the environment but also showcase democracy in the hemisphere.
Mexico's leader, a leftist, has said he wants all the countries in the region to be invited. It is unclear whether the United States will invite Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, who are governed by authoritarian socialist administrations that have been at odds with Washington.
"If they're excluded, if not all are invited, a representative from the Mexican government would go, but I wouldn't," Lopez Obrador said during his regular news conference on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Bolsonaro - a far-right leader who is an admirer of U.S. President Joe Biden's predecessor Donald Trump and who has not yet spoken to Biden - has told his aides he won't be going, but gave no reason why, two people familiar with the matter said. read more
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters the White House, as summit host, would determine who would be invited and the official invitations had not yet been issued.
"I expect those will go out soon," he said. Price described the summit as "an opportunity for countries throughout the hemisphere to come together to speak to our shared values."
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday a final decision on who would be invited had not yet been made.
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I bet it would really pain Reuters and other INGSOC media outlets to admit that Trump was (and still is) that far, far more respected by citizens and politicians in Latin America than Biden or any other Democrat could ever hope to be.
Bolsonero won’t attend because Joe has Victoria Nuland down there trying to stage a coup or meddle in their upcoming election.
Biden regime sends their agent of destruction to mess with their country and foment trouble for the NWO.
They’ll come when the pallets of cash arrive.
A mumbling poopy pants isn’t that appealing? Quelle Surprise!
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