OAS Votes to Readmit Cuba After 47 Years

By: Micah Bacheller
The OAS (organization of American states) voted last Wednesday in Honduras to revoke the measure that in 1962 suspended communist Cuba from the block. Honduran president Zelaya said that the cold war is finally over in the Americas and this ushers in a new era of fraternity and tolerance.
This doesn't mean Cuba will have any say in the controversies and disputes among the body of the 34 different countries in the organization. Furthermore, Cuban officials keep saying they have no interest to become part again of an organization that they see is the puppet of the United States.
There was a consensus among all countries involved, even the United States to let Cuba be part of the OAS once again. Cuba was isolated from all of the countries in the Americas throughout the cold war. With the end of the cold war and most Latin American countries with leftist leaders, the relations with Cuba got a lot better. Now most of these countries have very good relations with Cuba.