MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥 Mexico鈥檚 president said Monday he will host a meeting of leaders from Latin America this month, including most of the wave of recently elected leftists.
President Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador said the presidents of Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia are coming to Mexico City.
L贸pez Obrador said he is still awaiting confirmation on whether President-elect Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva of Brazil will attend the Nov. 23-25 meeting.
All of the leaders except Ecuador鈥檚 President Guillermo Lasso are considered left-leaning. L贸pez Obrador has expressed hopes in the past of reforming the Organization of American States, and this month's meeting may be part of that plan.
L贸pez Obrador views the OAS as too subordinated to U.S. interests and has touted other regional bodies, like the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States as a possible alternative.
鈥淲e would also like to reform the OAS," L贸pez Obrador said, 鈥渟o that it isn't subordinated to any country, any government, so that it isn't in thrall to any hegemony.鈥
L贸pez Obrador skipped the U.S.-organized Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June because the leaders of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba weren't invited.
