Cuba May Be Topic At Summit Next Week
By Suzia van Swol, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Cuba is expected to be a topic at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which 35 leaders, including President Obama, will attend this week. The meeting comes in the wake of the Presidents decision to partially ease travel and money restrictions with Cuba.
The upcoming summit will provide an opportunity to help Cuba move toward democracy, said Theodore Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Foreign Policy with the Brookings Institute.
Additionally, the summit is an opportunity to help “put (Cuba) on a path toward change so that they can become a member of the OAS,” Piccone said.
The Organization of American States, an independent alliance promoting peace and security for North and South America, leads the summit which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, marking the first meeting between President Obama and many Latin American and Caribbean leaders.
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I do not think that past Summits of the Americas have accomplished much other than have a forum for heads of state to give pompous speeches. This one will not be any different, as the countries in Latin America are still afraid to confront the United States on issues that really matter, like the failed Cuba embargo.