The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will host on Thursday the start of the Summit for Democracy, a virtual event with which he seeks to strengthen democracy against authoritarianism and promote human rights and which has notable absences such as China and Russia.
“Authoritarian governments are actively working to sow division and mistrust in democracies. The crisis we face is real“, he pointed Antony Blink, Secretary of State of the United States, in an opinion article published this Wednesday in the newspaper USA Today.
flash highlighted that the summit, one of whose axes will be the fight against corruption, brings together a broad “spectrum“Of countries, which includes”to solid democracies with others that have regressed ”.
On the guest list are countries around the world that the United States considers democracies, ranging from European nations like Spain and France to Israel, Pakistan and Nigeria.
The appointment, however, has generated more commotion due to the absences than the presences.
In the list of the more than a hundred countries invited by the Biden government, the absences of China and Russia, two of the great global adversaries of the United States and who have frontally criticized the call, stand out especially.
“We certainly have a negative attitude towards that event. It is nothing more than an attempt to draw new dividing linesKremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said last week.
Nor are European countries such as Poland and Hungary invited, as well as NATO members such as Turkey.
In Latin America, the most notable is the absence of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, countries considered key by Washington to confront the massive migratory flow to the United States.
Yes they are invited Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay, among others.
On the agenda of the meeting, which will take place on December 9 and 10, there are also parallel events to the meetings of heads of state and senior officials, in which youth leaders, activists, businessmen and representatives of the media of the invited countries.
“History and an overwhelming amount of data indicate that societies that respect and uphold democratic institutions, the rule of law, fundamental human rights and gender equality are more stable, prosperous and secure”said the State Department when announcing the meeting.
Regarding the way in which the commitments reached during the meeting will be materialized, the US Government pointed out that it will invite those who fulfill the promises made to the face-to-face summit next year.
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