Recently 33 nation members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States held a summit in Havana, Cuba, to discuss poverty, hunger, inequality, and other problems affecting their people. The United States was not invited to attend, possibly due to our crippling 52-year-long embargo making that poor country even poorer. The U.S. should do the obvious: end the embargo. Doing so would open up markets for the many goods that Cuba needs and that we could provide. A win-win situation.
Should these meetings suggest ways to address the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality, I hope they share them. We need much help in those areas as well.
Ward Upson
Vancouver
