ALBA bloc threatens boycott of America Summit if Cuba is not invited
Colombia, the host country for this April’s Summit of the Americas, will decide whether Cuba is admitted to the conference, according to the Organization of American States [OAS] Secretary of Legal Affairs. - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has found himself in the middle of a political tug-of-war between the United States and the the left-leaning bloc of ALBA countries, who have insisted Cuba be admitted. ALBA’s political council—made up of Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, the Commonwealth of Dominica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines—has threatened to boycott the summit if Cuba is not invited. The U.S. said that Cuba should not be included because it is not a democracy.