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Summit of the Americas

Summit of the Americas

Series of international summit meetings

The Summit of the Americas (SOA) is an international summit meeting that brings together the leaders of countries in the Organization of American States (OAS). Cuba was expelled from the OAS under pressure from the United States after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Cuba participated in the 2015 summit in Panama, and sent its foreign minister to the subsequent 2018 summit in Peru.[1][2] In the early 1990s, the formerly ad hoc summits were institutionalized into a regular "Summit of the Americas" based on the principles of democracy and free trade.[3] The meetings, organized by a number of multilateral bodies led by the OAS, provide an opportunity for discussions about a variety of issues and topics.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the 5th Summit of the Americas (Port-of-Spain)

The last summit to take place was the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States of America from June 8–10, 2022.

List of summits

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The events that garnered the most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata summits (3rd and 4th respectively), both of which provoked very large anti-globalization and anti-Free Trade Area of the Americas protests and attendant police response.

OAS member states

Main article: Member states of the Organization of American States

All 35 independent nations of the Americas are members of the OAS.

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  • In 2021, the Ortega government announced its decision to withdraw Nicaragua from the Organization of American States.

Non-members

The following jurisdictions are not members of the OAS as they are dependencies of other nations. They are grouped under the nation that has sovereignty over them.

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See also

References

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    Prieto, Alfredo (April 15, 2009). "verybody But Cuba". Havana Times.
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    "Cuba's Raul Castro skips Summit of the Americas". 13 April 2018.
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    Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). Health Care Reform Around the World. Greenwood Publishing. p. 382. ISBN 9780865692886.
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    "I Summit". www.summit-americas.org. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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    "II Summit". www.summit-americas.org. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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    "III Summit". www.summit-americas.org. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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    Special summit
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    IV summit (4th)
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    V summit (5th)
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    http://www.fifthsummitoftheamericas.org/ [bare URL]
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    VI summit (6th)
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    VII summit (7th)
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    PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Peru President attends Summit of the Americas opening ceremony". andina.pe. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
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    House, The White (January 19, 2022). "President Biden Announces Host City for Ninth Summit of the Americas". The White House. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
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    Human Development Report 2019 (PDF). New York: United Nations Development Programme. 2019. pp. 300–303. ISBN 978-92-1-126439-5. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

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