Latin American Countries Want US to do More in Normalizing Relations with Cuba
Latin American leaders have been upset with the lack of progress since the Summit of the Americas in April. While there seems to be a more diplomatic conservation emerging, the upcoming Organization of American States conference on June 2 in Honduras may raise questions for the Administration. According to NYTimes:
A majority of the organization’s members is expected to support lifting a provision that was used to expel Cuba from the organization in 1962, citing its alliance with “the Communist bloc” that broke “the unity and solidarity of the hemisphere.”
But the Administration doesn’t agree:
Administration officials reiterated this week a long-term American determination to keep Cuba out of the organization until it demonstrated a willingness to adopt the democratic principles that are a part of the organization’s charter.