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A Summit 🧶. Regarding two recurrent talking points being bandied about by leaders and some pundits at the #SummitoftheAmericas: 1) that the US imposed a US candidate at the IDB. As much as I despise Trump’s diplomatic vandalism, it was actually #LatAm that was incapable, …1/4
..unwilling and uninterested to propose and coalesce around a common candidate to ensure the the IDB stayed in #LatAm hands; 2) that the US is not investing diplomatic capital and bandwidth in the continent. That may be true, but what’s also true is that @Potus has no one… 2/4
.. to talk to. If he needs to pick up the ☎️ and call a counterpart in the regio to engage with and talk about hemispheric issues, who does he call? Most countries have been navel-gazing these past years and the two #LatAm diplomatic powerhouses -#Brazil and #Mexico- are …3/4
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While the #SummitoftheAmericas limps together in Los Angeles, over 200 local unions, activist and grassroots organizations are gathering for the #PeoplesSummit22. Since 2005, the people's summit has been the popular alternative to the financiers' summit.

peoplessummit2022.org
The summit will be held at Los Angeles Trade and Technical College, 400 W Washington Blvd, with the entrance on Grand Avenue. It will include three days of art, music, speakers, debates, workshops, panel discussions & performances. Here's the schedule:

docs.google.com/document/d/1_n…
Here's an article on the People's Summit in LA Progressive that gives some more background:

laprogressive.com/latin-america-…
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In reaffirming today that he will not attend the #SummitoftheAmericas, AMLO stated that the exclusionary practices of the United States constitute a continuation of the old politics of interventionism and lack of respect for nations and their peoples.

The US disqualifies countries on human-rights grounds, he said, while maintaining a blockade on Cuba that prevents it from importing food and medicine. This not only constitutes a tremendous violation of human rights, he stated, but a type of genocide.

The video clips are from Kawsachun News, the English-language service of the 6 Federations of Bolivia. If you're not following them, please do so:

twitter.com/KawsachunNews
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With President Lopez Obrador saying he will abstain from joining the #SummitoftheAmericas in June if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are not invited, a 🧵 with some knee-jerk and initial thoughts.
a) The test of belonging to the community of democracies is simple. Its proof ..1/5
..is the degree to which an ally and partner is willing to co-operate to enhance the global commons, protect common values and interests and a rules-based international system, show solidarity with the peoples facing violations or constraints to their human rights, and call ..2/5
..out democratic erosion or authoritarianism. b) Regardless of whether the rationale is ideological, a musty understanding of international relations or something deeper or more troubling (perchance dependence on Cuban intel now that the country's nat/sec agency has been ...3/5
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