OAS revokes 47-year-old suspension of Cuba

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Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales said at the end of the two-day meeting in the city of San Pedro Sula that the OAS had rectified a serious error.

The United States led the push to suspend Cuba from the OAS at the height of the Cold War, also breaking diplomatic relations with the island nation in 1961 and establishing an economic embargo the next year.

“This is an important message to the whole world, not just our continent,” Zelaya said, later adding, “The Cold War ended today in San Pedro Sula.”

The United States sought to obtain concessions from Cuba this year in exchange for readmission to the 35-nation group. In particular, the United States wants greater political and personal freedoms for the island’s 11 million citizens.

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