u. s. and u. k. choosing a recognized former parliamentarian one, why doe, instead as the president. now this was bipartisan recognition on the part of american politicians, but as the u. s. gasoline prices began to skyrocket. in april 2022, the u. s. seemed to abandon guido and sent a delegation to effectively asked the maduro administration for help with oil supplies. but that visit didn't go as the byte in administration had hoped. so when the u. s. hosted the summit of the americas this year in los angeles. they left a few key latin countries off the invite list like venezuela, nicaragua, and cuba. now this party pho paw, not boating. well across the southern nations with key countries like mexico turning down biden's invite. what then is plan b for the bite in administration, in dealing with this new hostility from its southern neighbors. and joining us to discuss this very fluid relationship between the u. s. and south america, let's bring in doctor enrique rivera. he's a historian and author of the new book, the untold history of capitalism with international press, and re gay