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Criticisms of the United States and OAS underlined the need to revive regional integration initiatives independent of U.S. influence.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro is also skipping this week's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.

Chileans rekindle the torch of democracy, and a green wave ousts Australia’s Tories

Biden’s plan to pick and choose which countries can attend the Summit has set off regional fireworks.

Cuba was welcomed and thanked by several of the leaders for the help Cuba has given other countries, but what most Americans fail to understand is the pride felt by so many people in Latin America—even people who don’t like Cuba’s policies—that for over 50 years the tiny island has managed to fend off the attempts by the US Goliath to overthrow it.

Key Remarks By Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the State Council and the Council Of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, at the 7th Summit of the Americas, Panama City, Panama, April 10-11, 2015

What the sanctions made clear is that President Obama’s opening to Cuba represented exactly zero change in Washington’s overall strategy toward the region: The intention of expanding commercial and diplomatic relations with Cuba was mainly to pursue a more effective strategy of undermining the Cuban government--and all of the left governments in the region.