Summit of the Americas sparks controversies in Latin America

STORY: Summit of the Americas sparks controversies in Latin America DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Summit of the Americas-related footage 2. STANDUP (English): JULIA PIERREPONT, Xinhua reporter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSE CORTES, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NINO BROWN, Protester STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JULIA PIERREPONT, Xinhua reporter "Julia Pierrepont here for Xinhua News Agency in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center, site of the Summit of the Americas being hosted all this week in Los Angeles by President Joe Biden of the United States. There is controversy brewing because of the exclusions of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, which has prompted an alternate group called 'the People's Summit' located just a few scant blocks away at the Los Angeles tech college that are having their own summit in protest to those not being invited here today. The controversy arose when Nicaraguan, Cuban, a

Summit of the Americas "a failure": Observer in Latin America

STORY: Summit of the Americas "a failure": Observer in Latin America DATELINE: June 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JULIA PIERREPONT, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): SACHA LLORENTI, Secretary general of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JULIA PIERREPONT, Xinhua reporter in Los Angeles "The U.S. is hosting the Summit of the Americas this week in Los Angeles. Heads of state from the North and South and Latin America as well as the Caribbean are meeting to discuss issues such as trade, economic development, immigration, as well as post-COVID recovery. Some controversy has arisen because the U.S. has opted not to invite heads of state from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, prompting President of Mexico Lopez Obrador to signal that he would be unwilling to attend the summit himself if all heads of state were not invited." The Summit of the A