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HAVANA : Cuba's communist government on Thursday declared a "major victory" following the landmark decision by the Organization of American States (OAS) to lift its 47-year exclusion of the Caribbean island.
The OAS vote is "a great victory for Latin America and the Caribbean and also for the Cuban people," said Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly, in the Cuban government's initial reaction to the decision.
The OAS cleared the way on Wednesday for Cuba to rejoin the hemispheric body, revoking Havana's nearly half century old suspension for joining the Soviet bloc.
The move, supported by the United States in a surprise consensus vote at an OAS general assembly meeting in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, was hailed as a historic development by Latin leaders as well as by US officials in Washington.
- AFP /ls
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