Over the last decade, US leaders’ efforts to establish productive frameworks for multilateral cooperation with Latin America – including attempts to reinvigorate the Organization of American States and build up new forums like the Summit of the Americas – have run aground on their continued isolation of Cuba. Indeed, the 2012 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena became an exercise in America-bashing, with countries threatening to boycott the 2015 summit if Cuba was not invited.
在过去十年中，美国领导人试图为与拉丁美洲建立的多边关系建立建设性框架——包括试图为美洲国家组织（Organization of American States）重新注入活力和构建美洲峰会（Summit of the Americas）——但因为他们一直孤立古巴而失败。事实上，2012年卡塔赫纳（Cartagena）美洲峰会成了一次抨击美国的大会，各国威胁，如果2015年不邀请古巴与会，就抵制峰会。