Update #1 - Cuban invitation

Yesterday, I wrote this post about how most members of the Organization of American States - except for the US - wanted to reverse the nearly four decades-long ban on Cuba. Well, the OAS went ahead today and did in fact vote to lift the ban.

The United States has, not surprisingly, slammed the decision, saying that Cuba's Communist system doesn't fit in with the mission of the OAS. Robert Menendez, a Democratic Senator from New Jersey and himself a Cuban-American, has gone so far as to suggest that Congress cut American funding to the OAS, which gets 60% of its budget from the US.

But all the bluster is likely for nothing since Cuba is saying that while they're happy the OAS lifted their suspension, so far they have no intention of rejoining the organization