Absent from the Caracas summit was Chile’s president, Michelle Bachelet, who blamed a cold and a busy domestic agenda for her inability to travel. Political complications linked to a possible meeting with the Venezuelan opposition, which Bachelet had chosen not to attend (preferring to send her foreign minister), likely also played a part.
智利总统米歇尔·巴切莱特缺席了加拉加斯峰会，理由是感冒和国内事务繁忙。与委内瑞拉反对派会晤（巴切莱特已决意不亲自出席而是派外长代表）相关的政治并发症也可能是部分理由。