The New York Times indicated that “the possible refusal to attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles by the presidents of Mexico and Brazil, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Jair Bolsonaro, will deal a humiliating blow to their counterpart in Washington”, Joe Biden. .”

The newspaper noted that the event, which the US administration described as a display of emerging US leadership in the Western Hemisphere, threatens serious reputational losses for the White House and could highlight Washington’s weakness in the region.

And the newspaper noted: “More and more heads of state in Latin America and the Caribbean are considering a boycott, including the presidents of the two largest countries in the region, Mexico and Brazil. This threatens the White House with a humiliating blow. .”

And according to the newspaper, with less than three weeks to go before the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, there are concerns that instead of highlighting the Biden administration’s vision of a part of the world largely ignored by former President Donald Trump , the event may expose the weak capacity to advance its agenda in the Region.

He added: “Formal invitations have not yet been sent out, and the White House has said no final decision has been made on who will be invited. But there are already doubts among some countries about how the summit will address pressing challenges at a time when The region is struggling to recover from the brutal economic recession caused by the epidemic, hyperinflation, environmental degradation and the dismantling of democratic institutions.

The newspaper quoted Mexican President López Obrador as saying that “if there are exceptions, if not everyone is invited, a delegation from the Mexican government will go, but I will not do it personally,” meaning he will not attend that summit.

The newspaper also pointed out that “the problems between the Biden administration and the president of Brazil are related to Washington’s criticism of Bolsonaro’s political trajectory, and in this South American country they fear that the United States will use the summit to pressure Brazil.”

As the “New York Times” wrote, quoting one of the sources, “Today it seems that Bolsonaro cannot go to Los Angeles, and the summit, in principle, is not on his agenda.”

According to the newspaper, the absence of the Brazilian president threatens to undermine progress on important issues for the Biden administration, such as climate change and the protection of democracy, and that, in the absence of the Mexican president, migration issues will become more difficult. .