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      Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks at a press conference in Mexico City on Dec. 8, 2020.

      In Rebuke to Biden, Mexico Says No Nation Should Be Excluded from Americas Summit

      "Nobody should exclude anyone," said Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, challenging U.S. President Joe Biden's effort to ostracize Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

      Kenny Stancil
      May 09, 2022

      Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday that no nation in the Western Hemisphere should be left out of the upcoming Summit of the Americas, directly refuting Washington's attempt to bar Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the U.S.-hosted meeting.

      "Nobody should exclude anyone," Lopez Obrador said during a public event in Cuba, according toReuters.

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      New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate an End to US Deadly Sanctions?

      Wary of the developing energy crisis and the danger of having Russian allies within a largely US-dominated region, Washington is attempting, though clumsily, to reverse some of its previous missteps.

      Ramzy Baroud
      Mar 22, 2022

      How the tables have turned. A high-level US delegation visited Venezuela on March 5, hoping to repair economic ties with Caracas. Venezuela, one of the world's poorest countries partly due to US-Western sanctions is, for once, in the driving seat, capable of alleviating an impending US energy crisis if dialogue with Washington continues to move forward.

      US foreign policy in South America centered largely on isolating Venezuela and, by extension, weakening the socialist governments in Cuba and elsewhere.

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      'Surreal': Biden Invites Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaido to US 'Summit for Democracy'

      'Surreal': Biden Invites Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaido to US 'Summit for Democracy'

      Critics slammed Biden's decision to invite the leader of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan president to an ostensibly pro-democracy gathering.

      Kenny Stancil
      Dec 01, 2021

      U.S. President Joe Biden was nearly the victim of a right-wing coup on January 6, but that didn't stop him from inviting Venezuela's right-wing coup leader Juan Guaido to the United States' so-called "Summit for Democracy"--a development that critics say illustrates the "cynical, hypocritical, and completely counter-productive" nature of the upcoming meeting.

      On Tuesday afternoon, David Adler, general coordinator of Progressive International, argued during an appearance on Al Jazeera that the Biden administration lacks the credibility to lead an international effort to protect democracy for a variety of reasons, including the United States' past and present support for authoritarian leaders who further capitalist class interests.

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