“We strongly believe that the exclusion of countries could jeopardize future relations throughout the region and jeopardize some of the ambitious policy proposals his administration launched“, they wrote, referring to the ‘Build Back Better World’ initiative with which Biden aims to counteract the influence of China in Latin America.
The congressmen, headed by Gregory Meeks, president of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Jim McGovern, Chairman of the Rules Committee; and Barbara Lee, chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Status and Foreign Operations; they emphasized that “A policy of involvement will produce more fruitful results than a continuous policy of isolation.”
“An invitation to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to participate in this year’s Summit is not an endorsement of the visions or ideologies of those countries,” they pointed out. It is an invitation to involvement at the regional level.”
“We hope that you will reconsider the omission of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from this year’s Summit of the Americas,” they finally said, indicating that they awaited a response.
The United States hosts the Summit of the Americas for the first time since the inaugural meeting in Miami in 1994.
But the president of Mexico has threatened not to attend if not all countries are invited. The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras and the 14-nation Caribbean bloc have also questioned their presence, while Chile has joined the calls for the greatest possible participation.
Source: Ambito
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