Voices for an Inclusive Hemisphere

Today’s Episode: Voices for an Inclusive
Hemisphere 


Guest :Fiorella Mayorca of The Convo Couch


Background:


The White House announced in January 2022 that the City of Los
Angeles would serve as host of IX Summit of the Americas
on June 6-10. As host, the United States selects the site of
the summit and its attendees. The United States did not invite
Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the summit as these countries
are accused by the United States of having undemocratically
elected leaders. It was known the US would not invite these
leaders. The White House and State department did not announce an
official invitation list until May 30th.


On May 10 Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico,
was the first to announce he would not attend the summit if all
nations were not in attendance. Lopez Obrador stated he would
send his foreign secretary to the summit in his place. Following
his lead, other countries followed. Xiomara Castro, the president
of Honduras, the President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, the President
of El Salvador Nayib Bukele and the Prime Minister of Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves and the President of
Guatemala. Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega and Cuban
President Miguel Díaz-Canel said they would not attend the summit
if invited.


In protest of a non-inclusive Summit, counter Summits were
organized. Fiorella and I attended two: the People’s
Summit for Democracy held in LA June 8, 9, 10 and the Worker’s
Summit of the Americas held June 10, 11 12 in Tijuana, Baja
California Norte, Mexico.


Additional Links:


Breakthrough News at the People's Summit: Diaz-Canel, Maduro and
Evo Send Messages to People’s Summit, Defying Biden’s Exclusions


Breakthrough News at the People's Summit: A Conversation with
Venezuelan Feminists: Deepening a Revolution while under Sanction


Breakthrough News at the People's Summit: The Struggle for
Sovereignty


CODEPINK's Cut the Pentagon Campaign


CODEPINK's Defund the OAS Petition:


People's Summit for Democracy


Worker's Summit of the Americas


WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: AMLO Says
he will not attend Biden's Summit of the Americas





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