U.S. uses "Americas" as tool to pay lip service: expert

STORY: U.S. uses "Americas" as tool to pay lip service: expert DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO CUNHAI, Director of Dept. of Social and Cultural Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences STORYLINE: As the U.S. is hosting the 9th Summit of the Americas, a Chinese expert on Latin American studies has said that the United States uses the word "Americas" as a tool to pay lip service, noting that the rhetoric is only for the interests of the U.S. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO CUNHAI, Director of Dept. of Social and Cultural Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences "In fact, the U.S. often pays lip service instead of doing real work. When Latin American countries are needed, for example, when the U.S. wants to emphasize common values, cultures, or even geographical relationships, the U.S. would emphasize the concept of

U.S. adopts double standards in democracy, human rights on Latin American issues: expert

STORY: U.S. adopts double standards in democracy, human rights on Latin American issues: expert DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): LIN ZHAOHUI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various U.S. and Latin America related footage 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO CUNHAI, Director of Dept. of Social and Cultural Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LIN ZHAOHUI, Xinhua correspondent "The 9th Summit of the Americas is currently taking place in Los Angeles, the second time the United States has hosted the summit since it was first held in Miami in 1994. However, the U.S. government excluded Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the summit because of the so-called 'democracy issues.' The Cuban government issued a statement on June 6 saying that the United States' exclusion of regional countries from the Summit is an abuse of its privilege as the host country, ignoring the just d

Summit of the Americas not for one country's benefit: experts

STORY: Summit of the Americas not for one country's benefit: experts DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): SACHA LLORENTI, Secretary-general of Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): EDUARDO ROLDAN, Mexican political science analyst 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO CUNHAI, Director of Dept. of Social and Cultural Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences STORYLINE: Experts have said that the Summit of the Americas should not be for one country's benefit, noting that the U.S. is placing its own interests above the common interests of the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): SACHA LLORENTI, Secretary-general of Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) "Unfortunately, with the U.S., there are antagonizing interests. The U.S. is not interested in integration, just trying to instrument any sce