All Kinds of Cubans at Summit

The Summit of the Americas I n Panama will be remembered not only for the presidential level discussions. A band of Cubans from both the government and civil society attended. “It’s kind of a beautiful thing. You have Cubans going together and interacting,” said Christopher Sabatini, adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. That this widely diverse Cuban contingent came together at the Summit “demonstrates for the Cuban government a real element of change. It allowed opponents to go to a summit and speak and participate as equals,” added Sabatini.