The Summit of the Americas, morning version


Foreign policy is a soap opera for President López Obrador.

What used to happen through phone calls is now executed through scripts adapted to press conferences.

This week he will receive at the National Palace a US commission headed by Christopher J. Dodd, whose mission will be to persuade him to attend the Summit of the Americas after he warned that he will not do so if President Biden does not invite politicians from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

The miles accumulated by ambassador Ken Salazar after frequent trips from Reforma to the National Palace reveal the complex performance of the Mexican president in front of the White House since Biden arrived. Not before, because with Trump there was an understanding because there was no interest from the American in interacting with the National Palace. That is, there was understanding in the few interactions between the two. For example, the Stay in Mexico program.

In AMLO’s foreign policy vision, Biden and the Democrats are interfering, and Trump did not hinder the National Palace. If foreign policy demands responsibility then it is best to forget about it; if the bilateral relationship with the United States represents obstacles for the 4T, then it is best to neglect it.

This is the reason why AMLO detests the Organization of American States (OAS).

Luis Almagro has emphasized the anti-democratic atrocities carried out by characters such as Evo Morales, Nicolás Maduro and Daniel Ortega.

Through Marcelo Ebrard, AMLO has sent frontal criticism against the OAS Secretary General.

One of the most unfortunate episodes of the current administration was the reception it gave Morales after the electoral fraud he orchestrated in Bolivia in the 2019 elections. Elections in which a majority of Bolivians decided, through a referendum, that they would not Morales showed up, but he didn’t care.

Marcelo Ebrard tries to link his image with that of Evo Morales, possibly throwing nods at the radical left of the 4T. Ebrard undergoes a kind of populist facelift to redefine his political traits according to Morena’s party in his attempt to be elected by AMLO.

There is no doubt about the correlation that exists between the Summit of the Americas and the OAS. Both mechanisms speak of democracy.

On the subject, Nicolás Maduro, Daniel Ortega or Miguel Díaz-Canel can contribute little.

Yesterday, AMLO commented on his hope that President Biden will not take his decision not to travel to Los Angeles to the Summit of the Americas against him. Amazing.

The trust between Biden and AMLO is tested during the Mexican president’s press conferences.

Twitter: @faustopretelin

Fausto Pretelin Munoz de Cote

Consultant, academic, editor

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He was a research professor in the Department of International Studies at ITAM, published the book Referendum Twitter and was an editor and collaborator in various newspapers such as 24 Horas, El Universal, Milenio. He has published in magazines such as Foreign Affairs, Le Monde Diplomatique, Life & Style, Chilango and Revuelta. He is currently an editor and columnist at El Economista.



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