Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla. Photo: file.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla this Thursday described the celebration of the IX. America Summit, taking place Monday through Friday in Los Angeles, California, as a setback for the United States.
On his Twitter account, the Secretary of State declared that “the anti-democratic and exclusionary event in Los Angeles is a new setback for the US administration, blinded by its arrogance and contempt for the region.”
Rodríguez Parrilla thought about it Washington “insists on applying its Monroe Doctrine, and the hegemonic design in our America will be doomed to discredit and isolation.”
The anti-democratic and exclusive Los Angeles event is a new setback for the US government, blinded by its arrogance and contempt for the region
As long as he insists on using his Monroe Doctrine and hegemonic design #OurAmerica will be doomed to disrepute and isolation
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) June 9, 2022
That meeting, which ends tomorrow, was hampered by the host country’s decision not to invite Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuelaan exclusion that provoked the rejection of governments in the region and even Several Presidents chose not to be present at this meeting.
In the case of Cuba, the organizers even refused visas to representatives of civil society in order to prevent them from attending the parallel people’s summit.
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(With information from Prensa Latina)