Sixth Summit of the Americas: 8 things to watch

With Ecuador not in attendance, every country at the Summit will have the same official position on Honduran democracy. Every country voted at the OAS to sanction the 2009 coup. Every country voted in 2011 to readmit Honduras to the OAS as a democracy. For that reason, President Lobo, unlike Raul Castro, will be in attendance at the Summit. That said, there are still tensions over how the US and other countries handled the Honduras coup. Honduras, like many countries in the region, still has some significant flaws in its democratic system and ongoing human rights abuses. If democratic governance is debated as an issue, expect Honduras to be example number one for all sides in the debate.