SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

Amid the historic inclusion of Cuba to the Organization of American States and U.S. bellicosity toward Venezuela, the Summit of the Americas commenced in Panama Friday, 7 p.m. local time. Pope Francis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and outgoing Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza all gave inaugural speeches. Insulza said he was »

Panama holds today two summit meetings in the presence of the most disadvantaged population from Latin America and the Caribbean, and the governments ruling the destinies of their citizens. The first one, known as the Summit of the Peoples and opened yesterday night, was convened by Panamanian union and grass-roots »

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Panama city, Alejandro Gonzalez Galeano, general director of the Cuban press at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed today.»

Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of Ministers and State, arrived in Panama City, where he will attend the 7th Summit of the Ameritas, to take place April 10th and 11th, at Atlapa Convention Center. The Cuba president was accompanied by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, »

Representatives of social movements from Latin America meet Thursday in Panama to discuss issues ranging from US sanctions on Venezuela to Puerto Rican independence.»

Panamanian social organizations denounced today that Venezuelan and Cuban counterrevolutionaries aim to use the Panamanian nation as a platform to plot against those nations during the 7th Summit of the Americas.»

The Summit of the Americas in Panama will be an opportunity to prove the challenges of the new course in the relations between Cuba and the United States, an article from The New York Times states today.»

It was thus stated by Alejandro Mesa Muro, president of the University Student Federation at Sancti Spiritus University of Medical Sciences, in central Cuba.»

The decision to invite Cuba to the Summit of the Americas had a massive support, Panamanian Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo said in an interview to the local newspaper La Estrella de Panama releases today.»

The recent US attack against Venezuela, one of the 12 member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, ALBA, led this regional integration bloc to raise its voice at the 7th Summit of the Americas to be held April 10 and 11, in Panama.»