Anonymousabout 2 months ago
Left-leaning Latin American heads of state joined Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez and Brazilian President Lula da Silva in Barcelona for the IV Meeting in Defence of Democracy, issuing declarations on democratic resilience and Cuba sanctions while critics questioned the bloc's credibility given attendees' own human rights records. The summit, held weeks after Trump's rival "Shield of the Americas" coalition with right-wing regional allies, exposed a deepening hemispheric split but produced no binding agreements.