Clinton 'confident' about way forward on Cuba at LatAm meetUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she was "confident" about progress with Latin American countries over Cuba's readmission readmission Managed care The admission of a Pt to a health care facility for a condition–eg, stroke, MI, GI bleeding, hip fracture, cancer surgery, shortly after discharge. See nth admission. Cf Admission, Discharge. to the Organization of American States Organization of American States (OAS), international organization, created Apr. 30, 1948, at Bogotá, Colombia, by agreement of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, (OAS). "I know we've had some discussions about this (Cuba issue). I hope we will have more... and I'm confident we can come up with a common way forward," Clinton told a group of Caribbean diplomats in the Honduran industrial center of San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula (säm pā`thrō s  `lä), city (1997 est. pop. 417,000), capital of Cortés dept., NW Honduras. It is the second largest city in the country. .
She cited no specific reason for her confidence ahead of the 9 am (1500 GMT) start of the OAS General Assembly, which is engaged in a row over Cuba's reintegration reintegration /re·in·te·gra·tion/ (-in-te-gra´shun) 1. biological integration after a state of disruption. 2. restoration of harmonious mental function after disintegration of the personality in mental illness. to the regional grouping. Despite marathon negotiations in Washington and San Pedro Sula, envoys to the 34-member OAS said they had reached no compromise late Monday on how and when to readmit readmit Verb [-mitting, -mitted] to let (a person or country) back into a place or organization readmission n Verb 1. communist Cuba to the body from which it was suspended in 1962. Clinton reiterated US demands for Cuba to release political prisoners and improve basic rights before it returns to the fold. Venezuela -- Havana's closest regional ally, backed by fellow leftists Bolivia and Nicaragua -- sets no conditions. A more flexible plan for the readmission of Cuba than that proposed by Washington has generated support from 26 of the 34 member countries, such as more moderate leftist countries like Brazil and Chile, those close to the negotiations say. 
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