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From the AP:
- Statement By The Cuban Delegation To The Parallel Forums Of The Summit Of The Americas
source Granma At apress conferenceheld on April 7 inthe JoséD.Moscote Auditorium of the Faculty of Economics, University of Panama, the “Statement by the representatives of Cuba at the parallel forums to the Summit of the Americas was presented. The...
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by Angel Guerra Cabreratranslation Cuba-Network in Defense of Humanity US president Barack Obama seems obstinate in marching towards an inevitable disaster in the 7th Summit of the Americas to be held in Panama from April 10 to 11, 2015. Despite the calm...
- Oas Member States Say Summit Of The Americas Impossible Without Cuba
Source Cuba MINREX Nicaragua denounced on Wednesday Cuba's exclusion from the Organization of American States (OAS), saying that holding another Summit of the Americas without the Caribbean island's presence was impossible. The remarks were made...
- "cuba Arrests 90 Dissidents At Protest March"
I thought by opening the Embassies, trading straight up for Alan Gross, and the dialog between the US and Cuba that things would be better for the Cuban people? That's the whole arguement and premise frpm all the classic car lovers...
Cuba USA
"Cuban dissidents heckled at Americas Summit"
From the AP:
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ12 hours ago
PANAMA CITY (AP) — About 100 supporters of Cuba's government aggressively heckled dissidents from the communist-run island attending a civil society forum Wednesday at the start of the Summit of the Americas in Panama.
Opponents of President Raul Castro were greeted to shouts of "imperialist" and "mercenaries" as they filed into a hotel auditorium to attend speeches by summit host Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton
Organizers appealed for calm during the frenzied scene, which lasted for more than an hour. But their plea fell on deaf ears and the pro-government groups angrily marched out of the forum, saying they wouldn't attend the proceedings in the presence of individuals they accuse of trying to destabilize Cuba's government. The boycott was later joined by pro-government groups from ally Venezuela.
We'll never share the same physical space with groups that are paid for by the U.S. and have caused so much damage to the Cuban people," said Ariana Guerra Hernandez, a representative of a group of Cuban university students.
The heated exchange at a normally sleepy forum for non-governmental organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the strong emotions hanging over the regional summit generated by the expected attendance by Cuba's president for the first time and recent U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan officials for human rights abuses
Just organizing the forum was a logistical challenge, with host Panama in collaboration with the Washington-based Organization of American States facing the impossible task of trying to distinguish between grassroots groups and those backed by the two governments.
"We hope for the mutual respect and understanding of everyone who arrives to our country," an exasperated Ruben Castillo, an organizer of the forum from Panama, told journalists who rushed to take photos of the group waving Cuban flags and handing out an 8-page pamphlet titled "Mercenaries in Panama," profiling prominent dissidents in attendance. Among them are Berta Soler, leader of the Cuban group Ladies in White, and Guillermo Farinas. Members of a pro-government Venezuelan group complained that the forum was being promoted by the U.S. to portray Latin America's leftist governments as anti-democratic.
Also expected to attend are the wives of jailed Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma, the deposed mayor of Caracas.
"It makes me indignant that organizers are inviting a group of people who are responsible for instigating violence," said Yendry Velasquez de Bracho, who lost her husband, a National Guard captain, during the anti-government protests last year.
- Statement By The Cuban Delegation To The Parallel Forums Of The Summit Of The Americas
source Granma At apress conferenceheld on April 7 inthe JoséD.Moscote Auditorium of the Faculty of Economics, University of Panama, the “Statement by the representatives of Cuba at the parallel forums to the Summit of the Americas was presented. The...
- The Oas And Cuba-u.s. Negotiations
by Jane Franklinsource progresoweekly The White House is desperately trying to preserve the OAS as its primary organization for managing Western Hemisphere Affairs. After all, the Organization of American States is based in Washington and it used...
- Venezuela, Cuba And The Summit Of The Americas
by Angel Guerra Cabreratranslation Cuba-Network in Defense of Humanity US president Barack Obama seems obstinate in marching towards an inevitable disaster in the 7th Summit of the Americas to be held in Panama from April 10 to 11, 2015. Despite the calm...
- Oas Member States Say Summit Of The Americas Impossible Without Cuba
Source Cuba MINREX Nicaragua denounced on Wednesday Cuba's exclusion from the Organization of American States (OAS), saying that holding another Summit of the Americas without the Caribbean island's presence was impossible. The remarks were made...
- "cuba Arrests 90 Dissidents At Protest March"
I thought by opening the Embassies, trading straight up for Alan Gross, and the dialog between the US and Cuba that things would be better for the Cuban people? That's the whole arguement and premise frpm all the classic car lovers...