Posted on 06/06/2022 1:47:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Mexican president's refusal to attend a U.S.-hosted summit because of disputes over the guest list highlights how Latin America's leftists are pursuing an increasingly independent foreign policy from Washington.
President Andres Manuel Lopez had said he would not go to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week led by U.S. President Joe Biden unless all governments in the region were asked.
On Monday, he followed through as Washington said it was not inviting its antagonists Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua on the grounds of human rights and democratic shortcomings.
Lopez Obrador's firm line over the past few weeks won backing from other left-leaning governments across Latin America eager to stand up to Uncle Sam, fanning diplomatic tensions just as Washington tries to re-engage with its southern neighbors.
Luis Guillermo Solis, a center-left former Costa Rican president, said Lopez Obrador's determination to clamor for an inclusive discussion showed off his anti-imperialist credentials, striking a tone with centuries of resonance in the region.
"The easiest way to do it is to symbolically fight with the United States," Solis said. "It's a well-known play in our neighborhood."
The summit aims to promote democratic unity, but the dispute exposed divisions between Washington and governments sympathetic to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, self-styled leftists who have long been reviled by the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Leftist leaders in Argentina, Chile, Honduras, and Bolivia have echoed Lopez Obrador's sentiments, taking U.S. officials by surprise and leaving them scrambling to ensure Biden is not left talking to empty chairs when he arrives on Wednesday.{nL1N2XM1B8]
Biden is under domestic pressure from Republicans as well as some fellow Democrats not to look soft on Cuba and Venezuela with the approach of elections in November that will determine whether his party keeps control of Congress.
The controversy risks overshadowing Washington's desire to prevent democratic backsliding in the region, said John Feeley, a retired U.S. ambassador and veteran Latin America diplomat who helped organize previous regional summits.
Feeley also flagged concerns about Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro undermining confidence in his country's October election and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's push to seek re-election despite constitutional term limits.
"Choppy waters is going to be the reality," said Feeley.
Senile Joe should just invite the 30+ million already here to the White House.
No problem. I’m not a huge fan of Mexico right now anyway.
Right now the US’ reach should be as small as possible.
“President Andres Manuel Lopez Pinche Puto Pendejo”
I always use his formal title.
So much for Brandon’s respect on the world stage.
You don’t like Trump’s best buddy?
The Illegals in the US are sending back sooooo much money he has to stay home and count it
Nobody likes Biden…except the truly awful leftist governments, because they see him as weak and leftist.
AMLO is good and bad. He liked Trump because Trump (along with Pompeo) was honest and actually was interested in protecting our country and Mexico from the mules (either drugs or people smugglers). This would have protected our borders as well.
Mexico does not like all these foreigners, whether from Central America, the Middle East or Africa, streaming through its country and destabilizing it.
With Trump, we were working towards a solution of a border problem that is very common throughout history. But that was then, this is now.
No more solutions now, just leftist ideological incompetence and dementia.
AMLOPPP is a socialist. Trump was nice enough to the guy but for my tastes I’d disembowel him and feed him alive to some hungry hogs.
Biden couldn’t get together a collection of garbage men in one room.
It really shows how inept the Democrat foreign policy really is.
The idea of summit is moronic. It’s just a way for Joe Biden to look like an idiot and make America look weak. We need to deal with these leaders individually and only after we have proven that we are serious about taking action ourselves.
I really wish Trump would have implemented an excise tax on funds being wired out of the country. That would have paid for the wall.
LOL
Brandon isn’t getting his phot op? Aw shucks, he was hoping for that picture of himself speaking to those Latin American leaders learning all about the exploits of Corn Pop, and how he bakes enchiladas every Sunday in the White House kitchen for he and dr. Jill.
Fight with The United States while your send your multitudes here to sponge off our social welfare system and pull billions out of our economy all the while getting free health care and free education.
I hate these people.
“Pinche Puto Pendejo’’.
Si, si amigo. Un grande cabron!
“... pursuing an increasingly independent foreign policy ...”
Good for them. Just be sure that ‘independence’ includes keeping your population at home especially the diseased, ignorant effluent lower class. They are your problem, not ours.
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