DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The abrupt cancellation of the Summit of the Americas, a mere 29 days before its scheduled opening, has effectively rendered years of meticulous preparation and significant financial investment obsolete, an editorial El Caribe sent to its readers observes.

Since July 2022, over three years of intensive planning have gone into organizing the event. This includes the payment of US$500,000 to the Organization of American States (OAS) for the hosting rights. Suspending the summit at this late stage translates into a massive waste of both funds and thousands of man-hour, an editorial in El Caribe newsletter sent out on 5 November 2025.

The human and material resources poured into this effort are almost incalculable, remarks the media.

Consequently, El Caribe says it is trivial to spend time musing over where the 3,215 guayabera-style shirts commissioned by the Foreign...