The Organization of American States voted by consensus at a gathering in San Pedro Sula this week to allow Cuba to reapply for membership. The event marked the third straight meeting of hemispheric heads of state in which Cuba dominated the agenda.
Since Obama was elected, governments across the hemisphere have called upon him to rescind [...]
Despite entering the Fifth Summit of the Americas in an atmosphere ripe for confrontation, the weekend-long meeting turned out to be extraordinarily cordial. Relations between the United States and the Latin American left remain strained, but President Obama’s friendly (if brief) exchanges with Presidents Chávez, Morales, and Ortega indicate a change in the tenor of [...]
Latin American heads of state invited Cuba to join the Rio Group last week at a meeting in Salvador da Bahía, Brazil. Formed in 1986 to advance Central American peace talks, the Rio Group is a coalition of Latin American nations that meets annually to discuss and harmonize regional foreign policy. Cuba will become the [...]
