Posted on 04/07/2015 9:01:12 PM PDT by Nachum
Cuban President Raul Castros 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 leaders presence will undermine the groups 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 groups 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 latters 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 Castros invitation to the summit.
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