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Todays’ episode: Biden’s Summit Fizzles-out

Co-Host & Guest: Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK Latin America Policy Expert

A series of events has been unraveling since early May in advance of US President Joe Biden’s Summit of the America’s schedule to take place in Los Angeles June 6-10

A few of those events include:

1.  The publication of Trump’s Secretary of Defense, Mark T. Esper, book A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times. 
2. The President of Mexico announced he would not attend Biden’s Summit
3. The appearance of easing US sanctions policy against Cuba and Venezuela
4. 23 visas denied to a Cuban civilian delegation hoping to attend the alternative People’s Summit
5. US Summit of the Americas delegation, led by Christopher Dodd, traveled to Mexico City to meet with the Mexican government with no results.

Additional Links

AMLO's 24 July 2021 Discourse

VI CELAC Summit, September 18, 2021 Mexico City

In partnership with Friends of Latin America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas, original broadcasts of WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean can be viewed every Wednesday at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET on CODEPINK YouTube Live