Mexican president to skip Biden-hosted
Summit of the Americas
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/7/2022 3:04:06 PM
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday he will not attend the Summit of Americas in California this week because certain Western Hemisphere countries, led by communists or socialists, were excluded. Mr. Lopez Obrador said during his daily press conference that he would send Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard in his place. Honduras also announced it will send a lower-level delegation. The boycott will be seen as a swipe at President Biden, who is hosting the event and decided against inviting Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela because of their poor records on human rights and democracy.(Snip)Ms. Jean-Pierre tried to patch over the public rift with a U.S. neighbor
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‘closest adviser’ 5 replies
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“He’s going to talk about drug reform and any other thing that I want him to.
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I rented an electric car for a 4-day road
trip. I spent more time charging it than
I did sleeping. 19 replies
trip. I spent more time charging it than
I did sleeping. 19 replies
I thought it would be fun.
That's what I told my friend Mack when I asked her to drive with me from New Orleans to Chicago and back in an electric car.
I'd made long road trips before, surviving popped tires, blown headlights and shredded wheel-well liners in my 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. I figured driving the brand-new Kia EV6 I'd rented would be a piece of cake.
If, that is, the public-charging infrastructure cooperated. We wouldn't be the first to test it.
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Why McConnaughey?
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Rays fans weigh in after DeSantis vetoes
$35 million for Florida team's training facility 17 replies
$35 million for Florida team's training facility 17 replies
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They’re not handing out any participation trophies here.A Mississippi woman was fighting tears after her son’s school allegedly “shamed” him by giving the teen a “zero” award in class. Her saga detailing the cruel and unusual punishment is sending shockwaves online.“I think it was so horrible for him to get this award,” Patricia Buckley told local ABC outlet WAPT of the scholastic scarlet letter, which she said her son Bradley, 14, received from a teacher at the Leake Central Junior High School in Leake County.The distraught mom said she first realized something was awry after she picked Bradley up from school and noticed that the award certificate
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Here's more of that great Diaper Diplomacy the Democrat voters gave us. But if countries led by communists or socialists are excluded, why does the USA have a seat at the table?