THE AMERICAS: The Testing of the OAS

The Organization of American States this week tests its ability to cope with the major problems of the Western Hemisphere. In San Jose, Costa Rica, a meeting of the hemisphere's foreign ministers will consider strained relations between Fidel Castro's Cuba and the U.S., and the threat of Soviet Russia to intervene against the U.S. on Cuba's behalf. OAS treaties authorize diplomatic, economic and even military sanctions, but no one expects such strong measures. The U.S. hopes at most for a unanimous hemispheric warning that may deter Cuba from its course of volunteering...

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