Monday, April 16, 2012

Cuba Is A Sore Point At The America's Summit

President Obama at the Summit of the Americas meeting on Sunday in Cartagena, Colombia, where he completed a bilateral deal. Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

Americas Meeting Ends With Discord Over Cuba -- New York Times

CARTAGENA, Colombia — A summit meeting of Western Hemisphere nations ended without a final statement of consensus on Sunday, after the United States and some Latin American nations remained sharply divided over whether to continue excluding Cuba from such gatherings.

President Obama and President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, the host, each proclaimed the Summit of the Americas a success at a joint news conference afterward, though the gathering yielded no major achievement. The meeting, the first since 2009, served mostly as a forum for leaders from more than 30 nations to air their positions on energy, trade and drug trafficking.

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More News On The America's Summit

Canada, U.S. scuttle Summit of the Americas statement -- CBC
Summit of the Americas ends without final declaration -- BBC
Cuba split leaves summit without declaration -- FOX News/AP
Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba -- Reuters
Cuba casts big shadow over Summit of Americas -- AP
Obama concludes Summit of the Americas on the defensive about inviting Cuba -- Washington Post
Obama ‘hopeful’ about transition in Cuba, says he is willing to look at problem in fresh way -- Washington Post/AP
Regional summit’s future in doubt without Cuba -- Miami Herald
Split over Cuba could sink hemispheric summits -- AP

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