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
.. AWOL, and in the case of #Mexico, completely lacking diplomatic appetite except for time-worn bromides. Like never before in recent history, when it comes to global affairs, #LatAm has been and is punching below its weight. 4/4
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