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LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

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November 14, 2025

What’s the Impact of the Summit of the Americas Delay?

The 10th Summit of the Americas had been scheduled for next month in the Dominican Republic, but the country’s government postponed the gathering, citing “deep differences of opinion.” // File Photo: xy via Adobe Stock.

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  • The Dominican Republic’s government announced on Nov. 3 that it would postpone the 2025 Summit of the Americas, citing “deep differences of opinion” amid tensions following recent U.S. military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and along the Pacific coast. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, host of CELAC and COP30 in Belém this month, earlier this month criticized the U.S. military’s presence in the Caribbean and argued that hemispheric challenges should be addressed through diplomacy rather than force. What explains the reasons behind the postponement of the Summit of the Americas? What do Lula’s comments signal about the future of regional cooperation, and does the region appear to be moving toward greater unity or deeper fragmentation? How might China react to this moment ahead of the next CELAC-China forum scheduled for 2028?

A

Dan Restrepo, founding partner at Dinámica Americas: “Despite being trailblazers in multilateralism, boasting the world’s oldest international organization, unity has long eluded the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Neither triennial meetings with the president of the United States, that is, Summits of the Americas, nor annual gatherings of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States have overcome vast differences to forge meaningful, common agendas. Given track records of failure, the utility of such forums has been diminishing for some time, a trend unlikely to reverse any time soon. Complicating matters further for the now-postponed 2025 Summit of the Americas, U.S. President Donald Trump has demonstrated deep disdain for multilateral forums, preferring instead a transactional…”

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