The ANSWER coalition is proud to be a convening
organization of the People's Summit for Democracy 2022 in Los
Angeles!
In June, the Biden Administration is hosting the 9th
Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California. The Summit of the
Americas, convened by the Organization of American States (OAS), has
long been an arena to push U.S. economic and political interests in
Latin America and the Caribbean, without regard for the peoples of our
shared continent. The Biden administration has stated that this ninth
summit looks to “further advance this administration’s agenda
in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The Biden administration explicitly disinvited the
governments of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the Summit of the
Americas. In protest of the exclusion of these governments, nearly two
dozen invited countries across Latin America and the Caribbean have
announced that they will not send their head of state or will not
participate altogether. Recently Mexico joined this list, and the list
of boycotting countries continues to grow. Currently only five
countries have committed to attending, including the United
States.
In the tradition of each Summit of the Americas since the 2005 Mar
Del Plata Summit, we unionists, activists, grassroots organizations,
and progressive people of the Americas are calling for a People’s
Summit on June 8th, 9th, and 10th to counter the Summit of the
Americas.
The People’s Summit will host three days of art, music,
speakers, debates, workshops, panel discussions, performances—all
which uplift the voices of the people and imagine a new world; one
that puts people’s democracy first.
At this time,
you can support this historic effort to convene the first ever
People's Summit for Democracy in 2022 by making a donation
today.
Register to join
us in Los Angeles for the People's
Summit here!
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