Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday urged U.S. president Barack Obama to listen to all other participants at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, though Morales himself cancelled his trip to the summit.
"There is not a gendarme president. We all have to listen to each other. That would be more respectful for each other among presidents of the Americas, and President Obama also must do that," Morales said.
Morales said the Summit will be the right occasion to discuss the end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, taking into account that many South American countries joined the petition to end it.
The 5th Summit of the Americas will be held from April 17 to 19in the city of Puerto Espana in Trinidad and Tobago.
This Summit will be Obama's first formal approach to South America.
Morales canceled his attendance of the summit because he is on a hunger strike, a measure to press Bolivia's Congress to approve an electoral law to hold early general elections.
