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Op-Ed: Why we don’t need a Summit of the Americas ever again

U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C..

Leaders from the Western Hemisphere are gathering in Los Angeles for next week’s ninth Summit of the Americas, ostensibly to ensure more effective engagement between the United States and its neighbors. As he prepares for the triennial conference President Joe Biden should do something seemingly counterintuitive — make it the last such summit.

Originally envisioned as a vehicle to advance U.S. interests in the Americas, the Summit of the Americas is a fatally flawed forum that doesn’t serve its purpose

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