A possible boycott of the June 6-10 summit by a growing number of leaders, including the Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorhas increased the risk of an embarrassment for Biden, who will host the meeting in Los Angeles.
The White House has said it has not yet sent out invitations and declined to provide details. However, a high-ranking State Department official said in April that Cuba, Nicaragua Y Venezuelathey would probably be excluded because they have not shown respect for democracy.
After weeks of criticism from Cuba, President Miguel Diaz-Canel told parliamentarians on Monday via Twitter that “whoever makes the commitment to host a hemispheric meeting must have the ability and courage to listen to everyone, from the Arctic to Patagonia. The country incapable of accommodating everyone is disqualified from serving as host.
“Cubans love this, getting the attention they get for not coming and they keep saying the same thing,” Hannan said.
“By putting the spotlight on us and calling us the bad guys, they are avoiding the repression that they have been actively perpetrating against their people,” he added, citing the crackdown on street protests last July. “They want the press to worry about whether we invite them to the summit or not. Hypocrisy works well in the media.”
The Biden administration announced this week a partial reversal of the former president’s era restrictions. donald trump on remittances and travel to the communist-ruled island. Cuba’s deputy foreign minister on Wednesday described US policy toward the island as continuing “hostility” and “economic blockade.”
López Obrador said last week that he would not go to the summit if Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not invited. The Bolivian pair of him, louis arceassured the same.
It is also likely that the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, did not attend the meeting, sources told Reuters, without specifying the reason. The president of Guatemala, Alexander Giammatteisaid Tuesday that he would not attend, a day after the United States criticized the re-election of an attorney general whom it has linked to corruption.
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