RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Caribbean an­a­lysts are urg­ing re­gion­al gov­ern­ments to safe­guard col­lec­tive diplo­ma­cy as the Unit­ed States to­day hosts the Shield of the Amer­i­c­as Sum­mit, fo­cused on hemi­spher­ic se­cu­ri­ty that in­cludes on­ly two lead­ers from the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (Cari­com).

The sum­mit, which will be held in Do­ral, Flori­da, will bring to­geth­er lead­ers from sev­er­al Latin Amer­i­can coun­tries, along with Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Guyana Pres­i­dent Ir­faan Ali. The rest of the 15-mem­ber Cari­com bloc was not in­vit­ed.