"The region was left with the feeling that the U.S. didn’t care," said AS/COA's Steve Liston on the United States' late Summit planning to The Atlantic.
Foreign Relations
Some Latin American leaders are on the fence about attending the hemispheric summit in California.
"Que [Alberto] Fernández usara su discurso para tratar de ofender a su anfitrión fue desafortunado", dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA a El Nuevo Herald.
"Biden ve a Bolsonaro como una copia de Trump…Bolsonaro quiere mostrar que no acepta presiones", dijo Brian Winter de AS/COA a Clarín.
"You have a U.S. government that has tried to place democracy front and center in its foreign policy," said AS/COA's Brian Winter to The Washington Post.
The U.S. hosts are seeking to present a unified message of action, but details are thin on economics, climate and migration.
AQ reports the latest on initiatives designed and agreements reached related to the Summit.