AMLO Vows to Skip Summit of the Americas If Cuba Is Snubbed

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador he won’t attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month if all Latin American leaders aren’t invited, in a challenge to the Biden administration.

The US government hasn’t invited the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the region’s top political gathering, saying the leaders of the three countries don’t respect democracy. Lopez Obrador, who maintains good diplomatic relations with the left-leaning governments and met with Cuban authorities in Havana last weekend, said on Tuesday that their inclusion is necessary to broaden discussions at the event.