The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba expresses its deep concern and rejection of the decision imposed by the United States government on the Dominican Republic to exclude three countries, including Cuba, from the 10th Summit of the Americas, to be held on December 4 and 5 in Punta Cana.
This decision constitutes a clear capitulation to the brutal unilateral pressure exerted by the US Secretary of State.
The exclusion of several countries would consolidate the historical regression of this summit system and make it impossible for Latin America and the Caribbean to engage in a respectful and productive exchange with the imperialist power that is once again using the "gunboat diplomacy" and the Monroe Doctrine against our region.
If this decision persists, subordination and submission to the voracious and expansionist neighbor will prevail, threatening regional peace, security, and stability in open defiance of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and a community of independent and sovereign states exercising self-determination, in unity based on diversity.
As President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated in February 2025, "Today, the United States government seeks to define the options for the countries of the region, which are: either submit or be subjected to aggression."
It should be remembered that this exclusion would ignore the progress made at previous Summits, in which Cuba's participation was a milestone, and would disregard the almost unanimous protest of the region, expressed forcefully at the failed Los Angeles Summit, with the absence of several Heads of State and Government, and in the voice of 18 Heads of State and Government and 11 Foreign Ministers.
A Summit of the Americas built on exclusion and coercion is doomed to failure. There can be no serious talk of "political dialogue" between Our America and the United States on the basis of censorship and exclusion, inequality and abuse.
We reiterate our willingness to engage in respectful and constructive dialogue, on conditions of sovereign equality and without exclusions.
Speaking at the 7th Summit of the Americas, held in Panama in April 2015, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz stated: "Hemispheric relations, in my opinion, must change profoundly, particularly in the political, economic, and cultural spheres, so that, based on international law and the exercise of self-determination and sovereign equality, they focus on the development of mutually beneficial ties and cooperation to serve the interests of all our nations and the objectives that are proclaimed."
Ten years later, hemispheric relations have not changed in essence.
Havana, September 30, 2025
