Panama: Cuba to Attend First-ever Americas Summit

Cuba will attend the Washington-backed Summit of the Americas for the first time, host nation Panama said Friday, edging two adversaries closer to a possible joint appearance by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro. The seventh Summit of the Americas, set for April 10-11 in Panama, presents the United States and Cuba an opportunity for detente. Cuba has been shut out of the previous six summits, sponsored by the Organization of American States, as it was expelled from the OAS in...

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