Cuba last week ratified the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which establishes a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Caribbean and Latin America (see GSN, Oct. 2).  Even though Cuba signed the treaty in 1995, it was the last of 33 eligible states to ratify the treaty, according to Inter Press Service/TerraViva.  In early October, Cuba announced its intention to ratify the treaty.

“The ratification of the Tlatelolco Treaty reaffirms Cuba’s commitment to and respect for the principle of nuclear nonproliferation in a global context,” the Cuban Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday (Patricia Grogg, Inter Press Service/TerraViva, Oct. 28).

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