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Cuba eyes Americas Summit place, but not OAS return
Cuba has said it will attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia in April if it is invited, but has no desire to rejoin the Organisation of American States (OAS).
The Summit usually involves only OAS members, and Cuba was suspended from the organisation in 1962 because of its communist system.
But other left-wing Latin American countries say it should be invited.
The US says Cuba should remain excluded because it is not a democracy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17053827
US says Cuba should remain excluded because it is not a democracy and if it was then it wasn't one they'd managed to chose or influence for their own selfish needs. 