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A Speech Biden Won’t Give at the Summit of the Americas

By Brian Winter

AQ’s editor-in-chief imagines what an honest, no-taboos speech in Los Angeles could sound like.

Fellow leaders of the Americas, Welcome to Los Angeles. Just your being here means a lot! (laughter) But seriously, thank you. It’s been a long road.  When we first convened this, the Ninth Summit of the Americas, some pundits called it a golden opportunity for the United States to finally give the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean the attention they deserve. To work together to repair the damage from COVID-19, which hit our countries harder than anywhere else in the world. To boost trade and investment, and provide an alternative to China. To reaffirm our support for...

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