Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla strongly condemned today the decision by the Government of the Dominican Republic to exclude Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the upcoming Summit of the Americas.

In a statement shared on social media platform X, Rodríguez Parrilla declared: “We express deep concern and rejection of the decision imposed by the U.S. government on the Dominican Republic to exclude three countries, including Cuba, from the 10th Summit of the Americas.”

He further warned that “a Summit of the Americas built on exclusion and coercion is doomed to fail.”

MINREX Statement: ‘Our America’s Unity Lies in a Summit Without Exclusions’

The Minister’s denunciation followed a declaration released earlier Tuesday by Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, titled “The Unity and Defense of Our America Requires a Hemispheric Summit Without Exclusions.”

The official text asserts that the Dominican authorities’ decision regarding the December 4–5 gathering in Punta Cana “constitutes an evident capitulation to the brutal unilateral pressures of the U.S. Secretary of State.”

According to the ministerial note, “this would consolidate a historical regression in the summit system and render impossible a respectful and productive exchange between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the imperial power that once again resorts to gunboat diplomacy and the Monroe Doctrine against our region.”

The statement stresses that if the exclusion persists, “subordination and submission to the voracious, expansionist neighbor will prevail, threatening regional peace, security, and stability in open defiance of the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and as a community of independent, sovereign states exercising self-determination in unity based on diversity.”

Dominican Government Explains Decision

An official note from the Dominican Foreign Ministry confirmed that Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were not invited to the forthcoming summit.

The statement indicates that in the current climate of political polarization, the Dominican Republic seeks to prioritize the success of the event. The exclusion, it adds, is a decision shaped by “hemispheric circumstances” in order to ensure broader participation.

The Dominican government clarified that its relations with Cuba remain “historic, solid, and excellent,” with both states managing their differences “with mutual respect.”

On Venezuela, the communiqué states that while historic ties exist, the Dominican Republic “has not recognized the legitimacy of the last two presidential elections held there, while Venezuelan authorities have suspended diplomatic relations.”

Regarding Nicaragua, the document specifies that bilateral relations are “cordial” and based on “balanced trade.”