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The Ninth Summit of the Americas | The Ninth Summit of the Americas was held in Los Angeles, [[United States of America|USA]] from Jun 6-10, 2022. The United States did not invite [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]], [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|Venezuela]], and [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] to the summit claiming that they are not "democracies" (as if the USA has any right to make such accusations, itself being a plutocracy). | ||
The president of Mexico, AMLO, | The president of [[Mexican United States|Mexico]], [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador|AMLO]], skipped the summit because Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were not allowed to join.<ref>{{News citation|title=Mexico's President threatens to skip Americas summit unless US invites every country|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/americas/mexico-president-summit-of-americas-us-intl/index.html}}</ref> [[Plurinational State of Bolivia|Bolivia]] and [[Republic of Honduras|Honduras]] also skipped the event for similar reasons.<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=The lethality of Washington’s Global Monroe Doctrine: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2022)|date=2022-06-17|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/17/the-lethality-of-washingtons-global-monroe-doctrine-the-twenty-fourth-newsletter-2022/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617160337/https://mronline.org/2022/06/17/the-lethality-of-washingtons-global-monroe-doctrine-the-twenty-fourth-newsletter-2022/|archive-date=2022-06-17|retrieved=2022-06-21}}</ref> | ||
[[Black Alliance for Peace]] is planning on protesting the summit for similar reasons.<ref>[https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1533561805171204097?s=20&t=DOiSppKNhD4D6dzySOFbHQ Black Alliance for Peace is mobilizing as the U.S. administration prepares to hold its Summit of the Americas. @Blacks4Peace will hold a panel today at 4pm PT/7pm EST: “Defending Our Americas: Building Resistance to Imperialism and Militarism"] by [[Kawsachun News]]</ref> | [[Black Alliance for Peace]] is planning on protesting the summit for similar reasons.<ref>[https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1533561805171204097?s=20&t=DOiSppKNhD4D6dzySOFbHQ Black Alliance for Peace is mobilizing as the U.S. administration prepares to hold its Summit of the Americas. @Blacks4Peace will hold a panel today at 4pm PT/7pm EST: “Defending Our Americas: Building Resistance to Imperialism and Militarism"] by [[Kawsachun News]]</ref> | ||
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The Summit of the Americas is an international summit meeting that brings together leaders of members of the Organization of American States (OAS)
2022
The Ninth Summit of the Americas was held in Los Angeles, USA from Jun 6-10, 2022. The United States did not invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to the summit claiming that they are not "democracies" (as if the USA has any right to make such accusations, itself being a plutocracy).
The president of Mexico, AMLO, skipped the summit because Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were not allowed to join.[1] Bolivia and Honduras also skipped the event for similar reasons.[2]
Black Alliance for Peace is planning on protesting the summit for similar reasons.[3]
In response to this summit, the Workers Summit of the Americas was organized.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mexico's President threatens to skip Americas summit unless US invites every country".
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2022-06-17). "The lethality of Washington’s Global Monroe Doctrine: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2022)" Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ Black Alliance for Peace is mobilizing as the U.S. administration prepares to hold its Summit of the Americas. @Blacks4Peace will hold a panel today at 4pm PT/7pm EST: “Defending Our Americas: Building Resistance to Imperialism and Militarism" by Kawsachun News
- ↑ "Call for ‘Workers Summit of the Americas’" (2022-05-12). Workers.org.