Cargando...Since the orchestration of the Summit of the Americas began in December 1994, the boot of the U.S. empire imposed Cuba’s exclusion from all invitations. It was the peoples and governments of the continent who gradually opposed this whim and demanded Cuba’s presence, which was finally achieved at the VII Summit in Panama in 2015 and later in Lima in 2018.
For the Los Angeles 2022 Summit, the situation reverted to its original state. Although it had been confirmed that all countries would participate in the 10th Summit in the Dominican Republic (December 1–5, 2025), that decision was recently reversed, and three countries were excluded: Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba.
This practice was anticipated following the visit to Dominican soil in February of this year by U.S. Secretary of State Marcos Rubio, who shamelessly stated, “Hopefully there will be a change of government in those countries before the Summit.”
No one better than José Martí, in his essay Nuestra América, to respond to this renewed attempt at political isolation being orchestrated from a summit of submission rather than inclusivity: «The people must have a pillory for those who incite useless hatred; and another for those who fail to speak the truth in time.»
The Cuban Workers’ Central (CTC) and its unions reject and condemn any attempt to minimize our voice and example in a space that claims to focus on human security in its various dimensions. What respect for security, diversity, and sovereignty can be claimed in a summit that excludes nations with much to contribute on these very topics?
The solidarity of the Dominican people and their unions is already felt with our country, which endures the most ruthless economic, commercial, and financial blockade in the hemisphere. At the Civil Society and Social Actors Forum, held concurrently in Punta Cana, there will be no shortage of condemnation of the 2025 version of the infamous Monroe Doctrine. And they will not be able to prevent Cuba’s name from being shouted, applauded, and embraced.
Nor will they be able to prevent the condemnation of threats and a possible U.S. aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Can a Summit of the Americas that supposedly promotes unity ignore what is happening right now in Caribbean waters, with the deployment of U.S. warships and aircraft? These actions blatantly violate the CELAC Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, agreed upon in Havana in 2014.
Cuba supports all dialogue, connections, and cooperation with Nuestra América, from the Río Bravo to Patagonia. It advocates for peace and security—values undermined by the very convener of this tenth edition in Punta Cana through weapons and arrogance. An exclusive summit is a failed summit.
Fidel Castro Ruz said it succinctly in 2009: «Who demands our exclusion now? Can it not be understood that the era of exclusionary agreements against our people is long gone? (…) Those who need to know, know it well. But we cannot be asked to remain silent in the face of unnecessary and unacceptable concessions. Even the stones will speak!»
This is Nuestra América. There can be no summit of submission.
Havana, Cuba — October 12, 2025
