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Cuba: foreign former officials can’t attend dissident event

Cuba: foreign former officials can't attend dissident event | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this April 9, 2015, file photo, Mexico's former President Felipe Calderon speaks at a joint press conference one day before the Summit of the Americas in Panama City. Calderon says Cuba won’t allow him to enter the country to attend a ceremony organized by a prominent Cuban dissident Rosa Maria Paya who has invited the secretary-general of the Organization of American States to receive a prize from her group in Havana on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2107. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

HAVANA – Mexican ex-President Felipe Calderon says Cuba won’t allow him to enter the country to attend a ceremony organized by a prominent dissident.

Rosa Maria Paya has invited the secretary-general of the Organization of American States to receive a prize from her group in Havana on Wednesday. Calderon wrote on Twitter that he had been invited, but Cuba had denied him a visa. Former Chilean Education Minister Maria Aylwin posted a similar message. OAS chief Luis Almagro has not commented.

Cuban authorities have not responded to requests for comment. Paya is the daughter of Oswaldo Paya, who died in a 2012 car accident. His daughter has accused the Cuban government of causing the wreck, a charge the government denies.

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