Plenty of Good, Bad, and Ugly at CELAC 2021

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On September 18, 2021, the Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, or CELAC, held its VI Summit, the first in four years. The meeting took place in Mexico shortly after the commemoration of the 211th anniversary of Mexican Independence. Mexico under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO) has been one of the strongest critics of the current management of the Organization of American States (OAS) and promotes CELAC as a diplomatic alternative. The presidents of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile did not attend, while the presidents of Colombia, Uruguay, and Paraguay objected to the surprise appearance of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, as well as the participation of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as AMLO’s special guest. Analysts across the ideological spectrum had much to say about the meeting’s significance and meaning.

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