US President Joe Biden. File photoMOSCOW, May 14. The possible refusal to come to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles by the Presidents of Mexico and Brazil, Andres Manuel López Obrador and Jair Bolsonaro, will deal a humiliating blow to their counterpart from Washington, Joe Biden, writes the New York Times. According to the publication, the event, conceived by the US administration as a demonstration of the resurgent US leadership in the Western Hemisphere, threatens serious reputational losses for the White House and could highlight Washington's weakness in the region.
"An increasing number of Latin American and Caribbean heads of state are considering a boycott, including the presidents of the region's two largest countries, Mexico and Brazil. This threatens the White House with a humiliating blow", the newspaper believes.
As the publication explains, earlier in Washington they said that representatives of Cuba and the presidents of Venezuela and Nicaragua would not be invited to the summit. It was this decision that provoked criticism of the head of Mexico.NYP: Biden has a new sworn enemy»If there are exceptions, if not everyone is invited, then the delegation of the Mexican government will go, but I personally will not,» the NYT quotes Lopez Obrador. The leaders of Bolivia, Honduras and a group of Caribbean states also joined his position .And the problems between the Biden administration and the President of Brazil are connected with Washington's criticism of Bolsonaro's political course, the publication explains, and in the South American country they may fear that the US will use the summit to put pressure on Brasilia.
"Today it seems that Bolsonaro is in Los Angeles may not go, and the summit, in principle, is not on its agenda", the NYT writes, citing a source.
According to the newspaper, the absence of the Brazilian leader threatens to undermine progress on such important topics for the Biden administration like climate change and protecting democracy, and without a Mexican president, it will be much more difficult to resolve migration issues. ;>
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