Overview
- The foreign ministry announced the December 1–6, 2025 gathering in Santo Domingo will be rescheduled for next year after a formal review of regional conditions.
- The decision followed consultations with key partners, including the United States, the OAS secretary general and the IDB president, according to the Dominican statement.
- Organizers said all resources and planned hemispheric meetings will carry over to the 2026 edition while a new date is set.
- Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum and Colombia’s Gustavo Petro had already declined to attend over the exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, with Petro arguing that dialogue should not begin with exclusions.
- Tensions have escalated over expanded U.S. anti-narcotics operations at sea, which press reports say have sunk vessels and caused at least 65 deaths, fueling friction especially with Colombia.