Ecuador’s president to boycott Americas summit over Cuba’s exclusion
Source: Associated Press
Ecuadors president to boycott Americas summit over Cubas exclusion
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, April 2, 9:47 PM
QUITO, Ecuador Ecuadors President Rafael Correa says hes decided to boycott this months Summit of the Americas in Colombia because Cuba is not invited.
Correa made the announcement in a letter he sent Monday to the host president, Juan Manuel Santos.
He took a swipe at the United States, which had rejected Cuban attendance.
Correa called that veto intolerable, the United States hegemonic and the U.S. blockade of Cuba inhumane.
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