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Cuba invites US to cooperate on Ebola

By Andrea Rodriguez
Published October 20, 2014 4:53pm ET
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Cuba invites US to cooperate on Ebola
Cuba's President Raul Castro, center, followed by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, arrives for the inauguration of the ALBA summit in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. The meeting in Havana was called by Maduro with the stated objective of preventing the spread of Ebola. Cuba is sending nearly 400 doctors to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the largest contribution by any single country. Castro said, "Cuba is willing to work shoulder to shoulder with all other countries, including the United States." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) | Ramon Espinosa

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban is willing to work with the United States in the fight against Ebola, President Raul Castro said at a summit of leftist Latin American nations Monday.

Castro said that the world must avoid politicization of the effort. He spoke at a summit of the ALBA alliance, which includes several Latin American and Caribbean nations. The region’s largest countries are not members of the group.

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