Colombia defends Cuba's reintegration into Inter-American system

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Deutsch Presse-Agentur

Colombia defends Cuba's reintegration into Inter-American system
Apr 28, 2009, 17:28 GMT

Madrid - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday defended Cuba's reintegration into the Inter-American Community from which the island was excluded in 1962 because of its communist regime.

'The process of Cuba's integration into the entire Inter-American Community must begin,' Uribe said at an economic forum in Madrid.

The Colombian president arrived in Spain on Tuesday for a two-day working visit, during which he was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, King Juan Carlos and entrepreneurs.

Uribe will also receive from the authorities of the city of Cadiz a prize awarded to politicians who have defended freedom, a choice which sparked criticism from human rights activists.

Amnesty International urged Spain to take a tougher stance on human rights violations in Colombia, citing extra-judicial executions, disappearances and forced displacements by the security forces and paramilitary groups with the government's consent.






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[provis99]

1. even right-wing Columbians know which way the wind is blowing

[IndianaGreen]

2. No shit!

An polls of Cuban-Americans show a resounding majority in favour of lifting the embargo.

[lsewpershad]

3. Uribe

knows what's in store for him.

[Bacchus39]

4. Colombia has opposed the embargo for years dating back prior to Uribe

its not surprising they would support OAS admittance.