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Havana’s allies are demanding that the United States rule at the summit

Havana’s allies are demanding that the United States rule at the summit

President of BoliviaLouis Ars, asked United States Invite all countries of the continent to IX Summit of the United StatesIt will be held in Los Angeles from June 8 to 10. After Washington’s announcement of veto regimes CubaVenezuela and Nicaragua.

“In line with our policies and values, we call on all nations of the United States, from Bolivia, to attend the summit.” The President tweetedExcluded from the coalition meeting of governments, which the United States points out is “undemocratic.”

Ars also called for strengthening dialogue and regional integration “In terms of respect for the dignity and sovereignty of the people”.

Ars pointed out that the summit proposes to “create a stable, flexible and equitable future,” which would not be possible if pluralism was ignored and the participation of fraternal nations vetoed.

“All the countries that are part of this great continent are Americans, and we are in our commonalities and differences. There is no justification for excluding the people and voices in our United States. “He added a thread to his profile on the social network.

On your side, Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Maida offered his support for Venezuela At a news conference with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Placencia, the EFE said that any attempt to “exclude any country” from the US summit was “anti-democratic.”

Placencia, while thanking President Ars & Maida, pointed out that “the United States as a whole is a diverse community and it seems indefinite to hold a U.S. summit without the participation of some members of this region.”

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Venezuela joins in “an attempt to deny and condemn the possibility of unilaterally deciding who is America and who is not America.”The Venezuelan foreign minister was added to La Paz.

In addition, Ronald Sanders, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to Washington, said his country would not attend the event if Joe Biden left Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

“The US summit is not a meeting of the United States, so it cannot determine who is invited and who is not,” the ambassador was quoted as saying by the official Cuban news agency, Brenza Latina.

Moreover, he warned “If Guaidó continues to be recognized, many Caribbean states will not participate,” the Venezuelan opposition leader said.

On Monday, the US government announced it Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela declined to be invited For the United States Summit, he considers his governments to be “disrespectful” of democracy.

“The regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua and Maduro do not respect the democratic constitution of the United States, so I do not expect their presence.”Said the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Latin America and the Caribbean. Brian Nichols.

Havana complained The United States intends to host the “Selected States” Summit and will be the third participant in the Continental event.

With Raul Castro, Havana Panama returned to that situation in 2015, just months after the announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two governments, with then-President Barack Obama in the White House.