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Americas summit: Your comments | Americas summit: Your comments |
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The main players at the summit - but will they see eye to eye with everyone? | The main players at the summit - but will they see eye to eye with everyone? |
Leaders from North America, Latin America and the Caribbean are readying themselves for a round of regional talks at next week's Summit of the Americas. | Leaders from North America, Latin America and the Caribbean are readying themselves for a round of regional talks at next week's Summit of the Americas. |
Cuba is likely to be high on the agenda at the summit - which opens in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday - after Fidel Castro called on its neighbours to support an end to the island's isolation. | |
The communist nation is not invited to attend the gathering. | The communist nation is not invited to attend the gathering. |
It will also be Barack Obama's first opportunity to reveal his approach to the region and besides Cuba, the regional issues of the economy, poverty and the escalating drug violence in Mexico are likely to feature prominently. | It will also be Barack Obama's first opportunity to reveal his approach to the region and besides Cuba, the regional issues of the economy, poverty and the escalating drug violence in Mexico are likely to feature prominently. |
What would you like to see emerge from the summit? What are the burning issues for you in Latin America, the Caribbean and North America? How much of a voice do Latin America and the Caribbean have on the global stage? What would you tell the leaders to discuss? Send us your comments using the form below. | What would you like to see emerge from the summit? What are the burning issues for you in Latin America, the Caribbean and North America? How much of a voice do Latin America and the Caribbean have on the global stage? What would you tell the leaders to discuss? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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