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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Cindy Carcamo

They pour drinks. They clean rooms. Latin American workers wish they had more say at Summit of the Americas

LOS ANGELES — When Ana Diaz, a Salvadoran immigrant who lives in Van Nuys, found out she would be mixing cocktails for world leaders at the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, she got excited.

"I could probably serve Mrs. Kamala Harris or Mr. Biden," the 48-year-old said she thought to herself.

Diaz is scheduled to work as one of the bartenders serving libations at the closing ceremony Friday evening at the Los Angeles Convention Center — the nerve center of the summit, which brings together political leaders, civil society organizations and business executives from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean.

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