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MIAMI, May 25 (Reuters) - Most Caribbean Community member nations plan to attend the Summit of the Americas, according to two sources familiar with the situation, as some leaders call for a boycott if Washington excludes its ideological adversaries in the region.<\/p>\n
Latin American leaders including Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador have threatened to skip the summit, which starts on June 6 in Los Angeles, if the United States does not invite Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n
Thirteen of the 14 member nations of the group known as Caricom are planning to join the event, according to a senior Caribbean nation official and a Washington-based Caribbean advisor who have been involved in talks about the issue.<\/p>\n
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Caribbean countries that had been considering skipping the summit were encouraged by recent Biden administration measures toward Cuba and Venezuela, the official said. read more <\/p>\n
\"We take the view that it is far better to attend the summit ... recognizing that Biden has moved from the very hard-line position that he was following,\" said the official, who asked not to be identified.<\/p>\n
Both sources said the lone Caricom hold-out nation is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n
The country's prime minister, Ralph Gonsalves, in a May 11 letter seen by Reuters called on Caricom leaders to boycott the summit over the exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n
A senior State Department official said in April that the three countries were unlikely to be invited, but Biden administration officials last week said a representative of Cuba could receive an invitation. read more <\/p>\n
Caricom has a total of 15 members including Montserrat, which is an overseas territory of Great Britain.<\/p>\n
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