Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has praised his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for skipping the ongoing US-led ‘Summit of the Americas’. Maduro, who was not invited to the event in Los Angeles, has suggested a more inclusive gathering with US President Joe Biden “as a guest”.
On Monday, Lopez Obrador confirmed he would not attend the event after Washington refused to host the left-leaning leaders of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba.
During a parliament address later in the day, Maduro said “we express our admiration for the clarity and courage of the President of Mexico”.
Maduro also supported Lopez Obrador’s calls to “leave the world of sanctions, blockades, exclusions and discrimination coming from the US.”