MEXICO CITY — Despite a major U.S. lobbying effort, the president of Mexico hinted strongly Friday that he will not attend a high-stakes regional summit next month in Los Angeles because the Biden administration refuses to invite a trio of leftist governments.
Mexico is arguably the most important Latin American participant in the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which administration officials have said will include a special focus on immigration. It starts June 6.
In his daily marathon news conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was still awaiting a response from President Joe Biden or the U.S. State Department to his demand that all countries in the Western Hemisphere be invited.
