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The '''seventh Summit of the Americas''' will be held in [[Panama City]], [[Panama]], on April 10–11, 2015.<ref name>{{cite web|title=The Seventh Summit of the Americas will be held in Panama.|url=http://www.summit-americas.org/default_en.htm}}</ref> |
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==Background== |
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At the [[6th Summit of the Americas]] numerous leaders across the political spectrum said that the next summit must include Cuba. The [[Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas|ALBA]] states also added that they would boycott a summit without Cuba's presence. A final declaration at the summit was also held up over the issue of Cuba. |
At the [[6th Summit of the Americas]] numerous leaders across the political spectrum said that the next summit must include Cuba. The [[Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas|ALBA]] states also added that they would boycott a summit without Cuba's presence. A final declaration at the summit was also held up over the issue of Cuba. |
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==Statement by U.S. President Obama== |
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On April 10 in Panama City before the 7th summit began, [[Barack Obama|U.S. President Barack Obama]] addressed the Civil Society Forum. “The days in which our agenda in this hemisphere so often presumed that the United States could meddle with impunity, those days are past,” he said.<ref name="CSFPanama">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAE9Ztt4EFsXXX|title=Video: President Obama Speaks at the Civil Society Forum|date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> |
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==Cuban presence at the summit== |
==Cuban presence at the summit== |
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Revision as of 18:13, 11 April 2015
| 7th Summit of the Americas VII Cumbre de las Américas | |
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| Host country | Panama |
| Date | April 10–11, 2015 |
| Cities | Panama City |
| Follows | 6th Summit of the Americas |
| Precedes | 8th Summit of the Americas |
The seventh Summit of the Americas will be held in Panama City, Panama, on April 10–11, 2015.[1]
Background
The Summits of the Americas are a continuing series of summits bringing together the leaders of the Americas including North America (which includes Central America and the Caribbean) and South America. The function of these summits is to foster discussion of a variety of issues affecting the western hemisphere. These high-level summit meetings have been organised by a number of multilateral bodies[which?] under the aegis of the Organization of American States. In the early 1990s, what were formerly ad hoc summits came to be institutionalised into a regular "Summits of the Americas" conference programme.[2]
At the 6th Summit of the Americas numerous leaders across the political spectrum said that the next summit must include Cuba. The ALBA states also added that they would boycott a summit without Cuba's presence. A final declaration at the summit was also held up over the issue of Cuba.
Cuban presence at the summit
Cuba, along with the United States, will be attending the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama.[3] Given the pledge by ALBA member states to boycott the summit if Cuba was not invited, political controversy brewed as it transpired that Panama's government issued an invitation to the Summit. State Department spokesman Jen Psaki implicitly cautioned that Cuba's attendance of the summit would make a mockery of the spirit of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.[4] For their part, Cuban-American senators Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio urged Panama to withdraw the invitation for Cuba to attend the summit, insisting that the move could be a slap in the face to the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.[5][6] However, another State Department official hinted that the US would tacitly welcome Cuba's participation in the 2015 Summit of the Americas.[7] Following the announcement on December 17, 2014 of a shift towards normalization of relations with Cuba, the US Government dropped its objections to Cuba's presence while calling for the participation of Cuban civil society groups.[8] Before the summit, the daughter of Oswaldo Payá, Rosa Maria Payá, was detained upon arriving at an airport in Panama; a second activist from Argentina also said they were detained.[9]
Parallel events
While the Summit of the Americas were occurring in Panama, two other events were held; one which was attended by former American President Bill Clinton, and another held in Panama City at the Florida International University campus.[10]
References
- ^ "The Seventh Summit of the Americas will be held in Panama".
- ^ Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). Health Care Reform Around the World, p. 382.
- ^ "[http://www.summit-americas.org/vii/heads_en.htm"
- ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2014/09/19/Panama-foreign-minister-invites-Raul-Castro-to-Americas-Summit/
- ^ http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/219610-menendez-cuba-attendance-undermines-summit-of-americas
- ^ http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/marco-rubio-summit-americans-should-exclude-cuba
- ^ http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/10/09/us-wont-object-to-cuba-participation-in-summit-americas-state-department-says/
- ^ "Fact Sheet: Charting a New Course on Cuba", NBC 6 South Florida, December 17, 2014.
- ^ Alexander, Harriet (6 April 2015). "Cuban dissident arrested on arrival at Panama's Summit of the Americas". The Telegraph. United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Jervis, Rick (9 April 2015). "Cuba protests make waves at Panama summit". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved 10 April 2015.