Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, June 17, 2022 — US President Joe Biden made it clear early on that three countries in the hemisphere (Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) would not be invited to the event, claiming that they are not democracies.

Peoples Dispatch, June 13, 2022 — The workers thanked the socialist government for the economic protection policies for workers, and reiterated their support for President Maduro in the face of US attacks.

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, June 15, 2022 — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, Presidents Luis Arce of Bolivia, Xiaomara Castro of Honduras, Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala and Nayib Bukele of El Savador … declined to join President Joe Biden at his Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.

Foreign Ministry of Cuba, June 6, 2022 — “The US Government, abusing its privilege of being the host country, decided … to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the 9th Summit of the Americas …”

Kawsachun News, May 28, 2022 — Cuba has once again hosted the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean that make up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) …

Benjamin Norton, Black Agenda Report, 24 May 2022 — The top vice presidential candidate for Colombia’s May elections, Francia Márquez, called out the US government for meddling in the electoral process.

José Luis Granados Ceja, Venezuelanalysis, May 10, 2022 — The upcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles is poised to become a diplomatic liability for US President Joe Biden as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) alliance threatened to boycott the event …

José Luis Granados Ceja, Venezuela Analysis, April 25, 2022 — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned that Colombian President Iván Duque was behind a plot to sow unrest on their shared border through the targeted killing of Venezuelan security forces.

RKC-KN, April 10,2022 — “We are experiencing a Western media dictatorship against the world,” denounced President Nicolás Maduro on Friday, saying its fundamental purpose is to “justify an escalation that could lead to a disastrous war” against Russia.