VENEZUELA’S MADURO PRAISES MEXICO FOR AVOIDING THE AMERICAS SUMMIT

Tue 07 June 2022:

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro praised his Mexican counterpart for skipping the Americas Summit on Monday.

Maduro applauded Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s “clarity and courage” in a video message broadcast to his Twitter account, adding that the US’s failure to invite countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to the summit “was an act of discrimination.”

The summit will be held in Los Angeles, California which started Monday and will run through June 10.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced his decision to not attend the event at a press briefing on Monday, sending the country’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard in his stead.

López Obrador had previously threatened to boycott the summit, which is traditionally attended by leaders from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean and is convened every few years.

“I am not going to the summit because not all American countries are invited and I believe the need to change the policy that has been in place for centuries: The exclusion, the desire to dominate without any reason, the disrespect of countries’ sovereignty (and) the independence of each country,” López Obrador said at a news conference in Mexico City. He said the country’s foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, will attend instead.

Still, the White House insisted Mexico’s absence would not prevent progress. Jean-Pierre said it expected 23 heads of government to attend the gathering, which is being held in Los Angeles.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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