Next week, Mexico is going to host the first ever Latin American summit. When I was told about this at the Mexican foreign ministry, earlier today, I was really surprised that this had never happened before. But apparently not. The meetings of the Organisation of American States include the US, as does the Summit of the Americas. The Ibero-American summit includes the former colonial powers – Spain and Portugal. So this will be the first ever exclusively Latin summit. They will all be there in Cancun – Castro, Chavez, Lula. Read more
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