Honduras Hails Cuba Solidarity
San
Pedro Sula, Honduras - Honduras' Minister of Foreign Affairs
Patricia Rodas voiced her gratitude for
Cuba''s cooperation and solidarity with the
Latin American and Caribbean peoples.
Rodas spoke with Prensa Latina after the
Organization of American States (OAS) lifted
a 47-year-old ban on the island nation's
membership.
The decision was approved in a plenary
session of the 39th OAS general assembly
held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
"We have buried an old horror of the cold
war. Our peoples have recovered our dignity
with the reparation of that mistake," the
Honduran diplomatic head stressed.
The official stated that during negotiations
to reach a consensus about the approved
bill, the ALBA countries (Bolivia,
Venezuela, Nicaragua, Dominica and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines) stressed this
could not have any condition.
Cuba is also an ALBA member, termed by the
Honduran diplomat a solidarity organization.
Rodas noted we cannot put conditions on
Cuba. That country has not requested to
return the OAS and has no interest in
belonging to an organization headquartered
in Washington, controlled by the US
Congress.
The lifting of the 1962 resolution that
expelled Cuba from the OAS was the apex of
the meeting. Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega stressed this will delete the stain
that weighed on the organization.
The 39th OAS general assembly started Monday
at the Honduran-Arab Social Center of San
Pedro Sula, 155 miles north of Tegucigalpa,
and concluded last night. Among the over 10
resolutions and reports approved are the San
Pedro Sula Declaration "Towards a culture of
non-violence," the main topic of the
conference proposed by Honduras.
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