9th Summit of the Americas The Biden administration bans the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from attending this year's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces that he will personally boycott the meeting in response to the ban, sending Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to represent him at the summit. U.S. bars Cuba, Venezuela from Americas summit, Mexican leader sits out © Reuters Sources: Reuters