angelsThe quintessential Latino city in the United States opens its doors to Europe this Monday. IX Americas Summit for days a headache for the host president, Joe Biden. Meetings between civil society, private sector and government representatives this Monday will adhere to the requirements of the protocol. Nothing unexpected will happen during these friendly shopping hours. For the rest, the meeting, which should conclude on Friday and host leaders two days later, presents too many unknowns for Biden to represent. stumble on continental politics. The motto of the IX Summit “Building a sustainable, resilient and equitable future” remained bona fide babble. It started to appear with the problems. Exclusion of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba’s decision not to go Before being told he wasn’t invited. Mexico protested. Minister, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorquestioned his involvement. He said that if “all countries” were not invited, they would be represented in Los Angeles by Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
US diplomacy has launched an offensive to avoid the possibility of such disdain amid the immigration crisis. Actually this Monday is a caravan thousands of Venezuelan immigrants He’s dying to set foot on the other side of the Rio Grande. Some 7,000 undocumented migrants try to cross the common border every day. The situation became so complicated when Juan González, Biden’s top adviser in Latin America, said days ago that the president “personally wanted” López Obrador to accompany him to the opening ceremony of the heads of state meeting. , you know, it won’t be 35. The Mexican’s response is still up in the air.
Bolivian Luis Arce has decided to stay in La Paz for the time being. “institutions hit Excluding the same Summit of the Americas countries,” he said. Guatemala, Honduras and a block of 14 Caribbean countries questioned his participation at the highest level. Argentine Alberto Fernandez He has threatened to turn his back on the appointment, but will travel to the North American west coast to report on regional unrest. “We will be well represented,” said the Venezuelan. Nicholas Maduro.
Venezuela’s absence has only staged the paradoxes of Washington’s foreign policy. “No” features host Maduro It coincides with the US decision to allow it. Chevron, Italian Eni and Repsol It was released to exploit the hydrocarbon deposits in Venezuela to ship to Europe and in this way offset some of the effects of the crisis in the oil market. Russian invasion of Ukraine. “These are small but important steps,” Maduro said. The other gesture that Miraflores Palace has quietly treasured has greater implications for domestic politics: the former MP Juan GuaidoNor did he receive an invitation to travel to Los Angeles, still recognized by Washington as the “interim president” of Venezuela.
welcome to Bolsonaro
The other paradox of this IX Summit involves the far right. Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilian president awaits by Biden with open arms, who considered him a poisonous figure until a year and a half ago. The presidents never spoke. They will now have the opportunity to do this alone and within the framework of negotiations. “The probability that the summit will turn into a diplomatic failure “It was masterfully exploited by Bolsonaro because of the lack of the most important countries in Latin America,” he said. Saint Paul’s.
The VIII Summit of the Americas took place in Lima in April 2018. Donald Trump didn’t go. But in addition to that, Peru was embroiled in a corporate scandal. Under the republic, the area gained irrelevant weight, except for the construction of the wall on the border between Venezuela and Cuba or Mexico. Biden’s election victory raised unfulfilled expectations. The IX meeting should have been held last year. A region that expected a modest average growth of 1.8% in 2022 was not possible due to the pandemic, which aggravated its problems. rate extreme poverty In Latin America it is 13.8% and covers 86 million people. Meanwhile, overall poverty hits 201 million Latin Americans, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
shadow of china
Some of the host’s economic concerns are not the same as most invited countries. Washington has set the alarms for China’s weight gain. And although the topic is not on the business agenda, it will focus on the most important conversations. Latin America and the Caribbean has become the second largest destination for foreign investment by the Asian giant. In the first three months of 2021, trade reached $331.88 billion.