Cuba Accuses U.S. of Pressuring Countries to Bar It From Los Angeles Summit
- Foreign Minister says exclusion would be ‘historic’ setback
- US-Cuba officials met last week to discuss migration
Photographer: John Thys/AFP/Bloomberg
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Cuba accused the U.S. of exerting “extreme pressure” on governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to try to exclude the communist island from the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said at a press conference Monday that it would be a “serious historic setback” if his country were sidelined from the event, which takes place every four years. Cuba participated in the previous two summits, which bring together the hemisphere’s heads of state.