Bitter US-Venezuela relations ruined the feel-good atmosphere of the Seventh Summit of the Americas.
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Four reasons why Obama’s Cuba announcement is good news.
![The three Cubans imprisoned in the US who were sent home were part of a group of five who were spying on Cuban-Americans viewed as threatening by Cuba, writes McCoy [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141220103942472734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Increased polarisation makes it imperative for Venezuela to take steps to find its way back from the brink.
![Venezuela's polarisation is often thought to have begun with former President Hugo Chavez's confrontational strategy to redistribute power and resources, writes McCoy [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20143137453754734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)