Cuba claims the US is attempting to keep it out of regional summits

According to Cuba's foreign minister, Washington is lobbying states to exclude Havana from the June Summit of the Americas.

'There is no rationale for banning Cuba or any other country from the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles,' says Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez. [Reuters/Jorge Luis Banos/Pool]

Just days after the two countries held their first high-level discussions in four years, Cuba'....