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Cuba says it foiled plot to destabilize country, slams dissidents and OAS

February 23, 2017

Sarah Marsh and Nelson Acosta, Reuters
Photo Credit: Hector Gabino/El Nuevo Herald

Communist-ruled Cuba on Wednesday said it had foiled a serious plot aiming to destabilize the country by preventing the chief of the Organization of American States traveling to the island to attend an award ceremony organized by dissidents.

The opposition group, which the government called "anti-Cuban and illegal," had invited OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro to Havana to honor him for shining a light on violations of human rights in the Americas.

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