In February, Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, declared that if Cuban President Raúl Castro were not invited to the Summit, the ALBA countries (Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and some of the Caribbean islands) would not attend. This was clearly intended to provoke the US, Canada, and a handful of other countries opposed to his presence.
2月，厄瓜多尔总统科雷亚宣布，如果古巴总统劳尔·卡斯特罗不能获邀参会，ALBA国家（古巴、委内瑞拉、厄瓜多尔、尼加拉瓜、玻利维亚和一些加勒比岛国）也不会与会。显然，这可能引起美国、加拿大和其他一些国家反对科雷亚的参会。