Full coverage: The 2022 Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles

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The U.S. is hosting the conference for the first time since the 1994 inaugural gathering, but it comes amid declining U.S. influence in the region and an unsettled guest list.

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20 Western Hemisphere nations sign Los Angeles Declaration on migrants despite key absences President Biden and representatives of 19 other nations sign the Los Angeles Declaration on

migration despite key absences at the Summit of the Americas.

June 10, 2022 California

Some L.A. homeless camps cleared as world leaders arrived for Summit of the Americas Before Summit of the Americas, encampments in downtown Los Angeles were cleared for security. Officials

say homeless people were moved to shelters.

June 10, 2022 California

Immigrants defend AMLO and pressure Biden on immigration policy at Summit of the Americas in L.A. Protesters decried the absence of leaders from Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua and other

countries. But some suggest that countries that skipped the summit are hurting their own people.

June 10, 2022 Politics

Blinken defends exclusion of Cuba from Summit of the Americas, despite triggering boycotts Despite the absence of some of the region’s leaders, the U.S.-hosted summit can tackle issues,

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tells The Times.

June 9, 2022 World & Nation

News Analysis: Migration looms over summit despite White House reluctance to highlight the issue U.S. unwillingness to squarely face migration at this week’s Summit of the Americas in L.A.

has turned the issue into the elephant in the room.

June 9, 2022 Politics

At Summit of the Americas, Biden hails importance of democracy in region President Biden formally opens the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on Wednesday with an economic pitch, amid

tensions over the guest list.

June 8, 2022 Politics

Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela are not at the Summit of the Americas — but their dissidents are Activists, dissidents and artists from countries not invited to the Summit of the Americas have

made their way to Los Angeles for the event this week.

June 8, 2022 California

They pour drinks. They clean rooms. Latin American workers wish they had more say at Summit of the Americas The Latin American diaspora in Los Angeles is serving U.S. and foreign dignitaries

at the ninth Summit of the Americas. But some don’t even know what the summit is about. Others don’t think it’s relevant to their lives. Many wish they had more of a say.

June 8, 2022 Politics

Free press, women’s empowerment key issues as summit moves into full throttle The keynote pieces of the summit start Wednesday with President Biden’s arrival, along with the presence of

about 20 of the region’s leaders.

June 7, 2022 Politics

Harris to unveil more private investment in Central America to try to deter migration The doubling of private investment commitments in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala is part of the

Biden administration’s bid to deter migration.

June 7, 2022 California

‘No more dictatorships’: The slogan that rings in the streets at the start of the Summit of the Americas At the gathering of the hemisphere’s leaders in Los Angeles, Central Americans

express disagreement with the politics of their homelands with flags, posters and chants.

June 7, 2022 Politics

Summit of the Americas hobbles to its opening as Mexico’s president declines to attend The summit’s opening day was overshadowed by an announcement from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López

Obrador that he would not attend, along with complaints from experts that the event lacked focus.

June 6, 2022 Politics

Kamala Harris’ biggest assignment is in Latin America. But she hasn’t gone there much Kamala Harris’ biggest assignment is in Latin America. But she hasn’t gone there much. She has a big

assignment coming up representing the U.S. at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.

June 6, 2022 Politics

Summit of the Americas opens in L.A. as U.S. grapples with deteriorating relations and influence The first Summit of the Americas, in Miami in 1994, opened up an era of promise. Since then,

democratic backsliding and a return to autocratic leaders has threatened to overshadow the event.

June 6, 2022 World & Nation

López Obrador confirms he’ll skip Summit of the Americas Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said concerns over the guest list led him to skip. He wanted Cuba, Nicaragua and

Venezuela to be invited.

June 6, 2022 California

Heavy traffic and road closures expected as L.A. hosts Summit of the Americas Traffic is expected to slow in downtown Los Angeles and around Los Angeles International Airport starting Monday

night through Saturday.

June 5, 2022 California

Latin American immigrants will raise protests at Summit of the Americas in L.A. Immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Mexico are going to demonstrate when leaders from across

the hemisphere gather in Los Angeles next week.

June 3, 2022 Politics

Mexican president unlikely to attend Summit of the Americas Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggests he’ll instead send his foreign minister to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next

month.

May 27, 2022 Politics

Cuba says it won’t attend Summit of the Americas in L.A. after Biden administration snub The decision throws the summit, which is crucial to the U.S. ability to demonstrate its influence in

the western hemisphere, into further disarray.

May 25, 2022 Politics

Biden administration races to salvage Summit of Americas A brewing boycott over the invitation list to this year’s Summit of the Americas, planned for Los Angeles next month, has threatened

to overshadow the meeting’s agenda.

May 23, 2022 California

LAPD says policing Summit of the Americas will cost more than $15.7 million The Los Angeles Police Department has estimated incurring millions of dollars in overtime and other costs from the

Summit of the Americas next month.

May 11, 2022 Politics

U.S. refuses to invite Cuba to Summit of the Americas Los Angeles is set to host the Summit of the Americas next month, and global politics are shaping the event’s guest list.

May 5, 2022