ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. first lady Jill Biden, center, accompanied by Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso and first lady Maria de Lourdes Alcivar, speaks at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, May 19. Biden’s trip through Ecuador, Costa Rica and Panama is meant to serve as a warmup of sorts for a gathering of leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean being held June 6-10 in Los Angeles.