A fight over Cuba's possible readmission into the Organization of American States is set to dominate the group's meeting this week in Honduras and may put Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in an uncomfortable position.
With numerous Latin American countries pushing to reverse the 1962 expulsion of the communist island nation from the bloc, the Obama administration's willingness to engage with Cuba will be tested at the session that Clinton plans to attend on Tuesday.
U.S. officials say they are ready to support lifting the resolution that suspended Cuba from the 34-country group but they insist on tying the island's readmission to democratic reforms under a charter the organization adopted in 2001.
Nicaragua, backed by Venezuela, Bolivia and others, wants a more dramatic approach that would declare Cuba's expulsion an error and remove all legal hurdles to it regaining its membership, even though the Cuban government has said it is not interested in rejoining.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/..._americas_cuba
U.S. officials have ruled out an end to the embargo and Cuba's return to the OAS until Cuba makes moves toward democratic pluralism, releases political prisoners and respects fundamental rights.
.....But it is ok to do business with China...[8D]
Cuba to dominate OAS meeting
