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| Cuba rejects desire to rejoin OAS |
| 2009-06-05 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Cuba says it has no intention to rejoin the Organization of American States even though it regards the OAS decision to readmit Havana as a "major victory". OAS members on Wednesday decided to reintegrate Cuba 47 years after expelling the Caribbean state. The president of Cuba's National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcon, described on Thursday the OAS vote as "a major victory for Latin America and the Caribbean and also for the Cuban people." Alarcon, however, said that the move "does not alter what Cuba thought yesterday, the day before yesterday and today," AFP reported. Former Cuban president Fidel Castro, in an article in the state-run press before the vote said that the Organization was marred with "crimes" committed by the United States against the Caribbean island and the rest of Latin America. "At one time or another, all of the countries of Latin America had been victims of Washington's interventions and political and economic aggression," he wrote. Venezuela, a regional ally of Cuba, has said that it may quit the Organization to create a different regional group with the help of the island. The decision comes after Caracas repeatedly criticized the OAS for serving the interests of the West, particularly the United States. |
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