In a signal that it might backtrack on statements about excluding authoritarian governments from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, the Biden administration is considering inviting a representative of the Cuban government after Mexico and other countries threatened to boycott the gathering of leaders around the hemisphere.
The Associated Press reported the plan would entail inviting an official from Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs but not the minister himself, Bruno Rodriguez, a frequent critic of the United States.
The White House has started sending the official invitations to the heads of states in Latin America and the Caribbean to attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month, but it has not made a final decision about the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, an administration official told the Miami Herald.
