The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 19, 2014 Panama to Invite Cuba to Summit of Americas, Defying U.S. ---------------------------------------------------------- Panama has announced it plans to invite Cuba to the next Summit of the Americas in 2015 despite heavy U.S. opposition. Cuba's exclusion became a key issue of debate at the last summit in 2012, with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa boycotting the meeting over Cuba's absence. .