Mexico City, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Delegates to the IX Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, held in Mexico, called today for participation in the People’s Summit against the exclusion of the island, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the Summit of the Americas.
The coordinator of the Dominican Campaign of Solidarity with the Caribbean nation, Roberto Payano, stated in this capital that the meeting, sponsored by this organization and the Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico, will take place from December 4 to 6 in Santo Domingo.
“The exclusion of these three countries constitutes a capitulation by the host country’s government (Dominican Republic) to the brutal unilateral pressure of the United States, which is attempting to reimpose the Monroe Doctrine, threatening regional peace, security, and stability,” the activist denounced.
“Faced with a Summit of the Americas built on coercion and exclusion and in the face of the imperialist offensive,” Payano called for promoting “solidarity, unity, and peace in our region” and demonstrating that Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua are not alone.
He described the initiative as “a kind of reparation to these countries, our true brothers, without interests, who share what they have, what they don’t have, and who have never gone anywhere to steal natural resources or other property.”
In front of more than 500 delegates from primarily Latin American nations, he also asked the Dominican government to reconsider these exclusions and expressed his hope that the administration could review and fulfill its promise of an inclusive summit.
“We are not in a time for exclusive summits where we are afraid of what one country might say. Rather, it is for peaceful discussion among brothers and sisters and for reaching a consensus,” he noted.
At the end of September, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua would not be invited to the Summit of the Americas, arguing that it would prioritize the success of the meeting.
The island’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, immediately condemned the announcement by Luis Abinader’s government.
“We express deep concern and rejection of the decision imposed by the U.S. government on the Dominican Republic to exclude three countries, including Cuba, from the 10th Summit of the Americas,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a message on the social network X.
Organizations and governments from several countries have expressed their rejection of the Dominican administration’s decision.
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