All in all, the summit seems to be yet another opportunity for bloviating, with little hope for serious advances or accord:
Mexican President Felipe Calderón: "(We) need enormous flows of external investment, without which it would be impossible to finance our development."
Argentine President Christina Fernandez: "It is the failure of a model established at the end of the 80s,which dominated the international stage during the 90s, known as neo-liberalism or Washington Consensus."
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colóm: "Guatemala should not have to pay for the failure of a model that we never wanted... I hope they don't ask us for more poverty because we can't give more."
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez did not attend, citing among several reasons El Salvador's alleged complicity with anti-Cuban forces (alas, there were no "porque no te callas" moments.)
I'll update next week to see what accords come out of the summit.
Sources: Reuters, Xinhua, Forbes, Youtube
Argentine President Christina Fernandez: "It is the failure of a model established at the end of the 80s,which dominated the international stage during the 90s, known as neo-liberalism or Washington Consensus."
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colóm: "Guatemala should not have to pay for the failure of a model that we never wanted... I hope they don't ask us for more poverty because we can't give more."
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez did not attend, citing among several reasons El Salvador's alleged complicity with anti-Cuban forces (alas, there were no "porque no te callas" moments.)
I'll update next week to see what accords come out of the summit.
Sources: Reuters, Xinhua, Forbes, Youtube
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