Several leaders are threatening to boycott the summit because the U.S. has decided to not invite the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua. MORE: Across the border from Uvalde, anger, sorrow, calls to action in Mexico after another US mass shooting"Is it going to be the Summit of the Americas or the Summit of the Friends of America? "I will attend the summit only if all of the countries in the Americas are invited without exception," President Xiomara Castro tweeted Saturday. Fifteen House Democrats, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Gregory Meeks, wrote to Biden Thursday expressing "concern" about the decision. Amid boycotts, US scrambling to make Summit of the Americas a success originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News May 28, 2022 18:05 UTC