High anxiety has set in on the closing day of a summit between European Union and Latin American leaders. What was supposed to be a harmonious get-together has turned into a diplomatic fracas over the war in Ukraine. Ambassadors worked through much of the night and into Tuesday morning to find even the blandest text […]
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Divisions over the Ukraine war cause a rift at the EU-LatAm summit
High anxiety has set in on the closing day of a summit between European Union and Latin American leaders. What was supposed to be a harmonious get-together has turned into a diplomatic fracas over the war in Ukraine. Ambassadors worked through much of the night and into Tuesday morning to find even the blandest text to condemn Russia for its invasion of Russia. Talks have been hung up over the reservations of some Central and South American nations like Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.