Cuba’s Presence at Summit Violates Democratic Charter; Raul Castro to ‘interact’ with Obama

Free Beacon ^ | 4/7/15 | Daniel Wiser

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Cuban President Raul Castro’s expected appearance this week at a regional summit for the Organization of American States (OAS) has alarmed critics of his regime who say the autocratic leader’s presence will undermine the group’s professed support for democratic values.

Castro is slated to make his first appearance at the OAS’ Summit of the Americas on Friday and Saturday in Panama. The group’s Inter-American Democratic Charter, adopted in September 2001, states that members can be suspended if they take actions that undermine democracy. Member states are also expected to conduct “free and fair electoral processes.”

Castro will attend the summit despite being the unelected leader of an authoritarian regime. CNN reported that he will also “interact” with President Barack Obama following the latter’s decision to ease U.S. travel and commercial sanctions on Cuba and normalize relations between the two countries.

Jose Cardenas, a former National Security Council staffer on Latin America during the George W. Bush administration, said in an interview that it was “stunning to see the utter disregard for the Inter-American Democratic Charter” exhibited by Castro’s invitation to the summit.

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Cuba’s Presence at Summit Violates Democratic Charter; Raul Castro to ‘interact’ with Obama at meeting

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Cuban President Raul Castro’s expected appearance ... has alarmed critics of his regime who say the autocratic leader’s presence will undermine the group’s professed support for democratic values.

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