Charlie Brown in the White House: Guatemala

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JUNE 7, 2021
Vice President Harris and Guatemalan President Giammattei Hold News Conference
Vice President Kamala Harris and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei hold a joint news conference following their meeting in Guatemala City on combating poverty, corruption and stemming the flow of migrants to the U.S.

Political views
...Giammattei has vowed to bring back the death penalty and pledged to "crush violent gangs, fight poverty to stop migration and end 'disgusting' corruption."[12] He is against same-sex marriage and abortion, and supports using the military for civilian security.[13]

During his visit to Israel in December 2019, he pledged to have Lebanese Hezbollah declared a "terrorist organization", declaring that "the friends of Israel are the friends of Guatemala, and the enemies of Israel are our enemies.[14] At the same time, he considers to align the policy of Israeli settlements to that of the United States a month earlier.[15]

In 2019, he calls the Venezuelan government a "dictatorship" and says he wants to maintain the same diplomatic line as his predecessor Jimmy Morales towards Venezuela, a country with which Guatemala has severed diplomatic relations... from Wikipedia

Guatemala's president says he's ready to extradite "coyotes" to U.S. to face charges

Jun. 8 - In an interview with CBS News, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei called on U.S. lawmakers to toughen up laws against human trafficking and said that he's ready to extradite smugglers, known as "coyotes," to the U.S. to face charges. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN's Lana Zak with more on his interview and the upcoming diplomatic talks between Giammattei and Vice President Harris, who has been tasked with leading efforts to address the root causes of migration to the southern border. Watch Video

Joe Biden doesn't want to meet the press

Jun 8 - ...the amount that Biden is doing or seeking to do -- $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, trillions in proposed infrastructure spending, an overhaul of election laws etc. -- is historic. And as such, would benefit from the President explaining it and taking questions from reporters on his approach and thinking.

There's also this: Biden premised his entire 2020 candidacy on the idea that he would hold himself to a higher standard than Trump. And that he would do so not just because he thought it was personally important but because the nation needed a more transparency in the White House.

Given that, echoing a Sanders excuse for why the President isn't holding more press conferences isn't exactly a good look.
And finally this: Scads of reporting from a variety of outlets makes clear that the Biden White House is actively working to limit his exposure to the media... quoted from

Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden to reopen U.S. borders to Europeans

Jun. 8 - ...“Many French people have been waiting until now. We thought that the restrictions would be lifted with the vaccination campaign and the announcement of the reopening of the borders to vaccinated Americans, but Joe Biden has not announced anything. And we are not sure that they will be lifted for the summer,” explains Béatrice Leydier, the new advisor of the Français de l’Étranger in Washington. Inspired by Célia Belin’s text and her own experience, she launched a petition to ask Joe Biden to remove entry restrictions for all temporary visas and to speed up the issuance of visas approved by American consulates.

Her petition gathered nearly 2,400 signatures in 24 hours from Europeans, but also from Americans. “On migration, Joe Biden has not reversed Donald Trump’s America First policy. This is not surprising, but I find it painful,” says the elected representative... quoted from