How Biden Can Get the Summit of the Americas Right
The gathering in Los Angeles could boost regional cooperation, if certain traps can be avoided.
SÃO PAULO – The upcoming Summit of the Americas, which will gather leaders from across the hemisphere in Los Angeles in early June, comes at an opportune time. The meeting will occur as Latin America faces its darkest hour in decades, including a profound crisis of democracy, an uneven economic recovery, two destabilizing migration crises and an ongoing pandemic. But for the gathering to succeed, the host, President Joe Biden, will need to overcome a series of hurdles. One of them is a perception that these meetings are no longer useful. Indeed, the very idea of regional cooperation...
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