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Workers prepare a stage in preparation for the Summit of the Americas, Monday, June 6, 2022, in Los Angeles
US President Joe Biden’s so-called Summit of the Americas has been branded “a neoliberal failure” after some regional leaders refused to attend over his exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The leaders of Bolivia, Honduras and Guatemala are boycotting the week-long event, which opened in Los Angeles on Monday.
Some are sending junior government officials in their place.
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