Cuba Could Derail Clinton Visit

AFP
June 1, 2009

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton risks walking into what one analyst calls a Latin American minefield over ties with Cuba when she visits El Salvador and Honduras this week.

The issue will hover over today’s inauguration of Salvadoran president-elect Mauricio Funes in San Salvador and could cause a rift at the Organization of American States (OAS) general assembly in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, tomorrow.

US officials could not even rule out the possibility of Clinton’s skipping the OAS meeting altogether if negotiators fail to agree on terms for bringing Cuba back within the 35-member organization’s fold...

...Chris Sabatini, an analyst with the Council of Americas, said the new administration is trying to show that the “tent of democracy is broad” even while a few leftist radicals remain in the region.

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