Participants attend the Americas Business Summit in Lima, Peru April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
LIMA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Latin American leaders will gather in Lima, Peru, on Friday at a summit the United States hopes to use to counter China's rising influence in the region, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's last-minute decision not to attend.
The official theme of this year's Summit of the Americas, where heads of state in the Western Hemisphere will meet through Saturday, is corruption. Several countries attending also plan to condemn Venezuela's upcoming election.
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