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Exclusion of countries from Americas Summit a ‘mistake,’ says Chilean president

/ 12:30 PM June 07, 2022

Exclusion of countries from Americas Summit a ‘mistake,’ says Chilean president

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric speaks during a meeting with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable

OTTAWA — The Biden administration’s decision to exclude Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba from the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week was a “mistake,” Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Monday.

The U.S. decision, announced earlier on Monday, was taken due to concerns about human rights and a lack of democracy in the three nations, according to a senior official in the administration of President Joe Biden.

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Talking to reporters in Ottawa, Boric said the U.S. move was “reinforcing the position that these other countries take in their own countries. We think it’s an error, a mistake, and we’re going to say that during the summit.”

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Boric, a leftist and former student protest leader who took power in March, was speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the two signed a memorandum to coordinate efforts to advance gender equality and empower women. Boric is scheduled to head to the summit after his Canada visit.

Boric’s comment was the latest rebuke from a Latin American leader, highlighting how some are pursuing an increasingly independent foreign policy from Washington.

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Earlier, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would not attend the summit because not all countries from the region were invited.

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Trudeau did not say whether or not he disagreed with the exclusion, but said Canada looked forward to participating fully in the summit.

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“It’s extremely important that we have an opportunity to engage with our fellow hemispheric partners, some like-minded, some less like-minded, but talking about important issues that our people have in common,” he said.

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