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    After snubbing Biden at summit, Mexico’s president pokes him at the White House

    by Tracy Wilkinson and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Jul 12, 2022 4 minutes
    Today President Lopez Obrador is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House for the first time after he declined to attend the Biden Administration’ s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June because the summit didn’ t include Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

    WASHINGTON — A month after he boycotted a major regional summit in Los Angeles and snubbed the Biden administration, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to Washington on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks with his U.S. counterpart.

    As usual, López Obrador did most of the talking. Following President Joe Biden’s 10-minute opening speech in the Oval Office, the Mexican president engaged in a 31-minute soliloquy touching on the New Deal, gas prices and opportunities for greater economic collaboration.

    Despite both leaders professing a desire to deepen the cooperation between their countries on trade, immigration and other issues, the interaction witnessed by reporters was highly performative and marked by a brotherly sort of one-upmanship.

    Known for poking other world leaders, López Obrador urged Biden to follow the “bold”

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