Summits of the Americas
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The Summits of the Americas is a series of international summit meetings bringing together the leaders of countries in North America, Central America, and South America. The meetings provide an opportunity for discussions about a variety of issues and topics.
The meetings have been organized by a number of multilateral bodies led by the Organization of American States.
In the early 1990s, what were formerly ad hoc summits came to be institutionalized into a regular "Summit of the Americas" based on the principles of democracy and free trade.[1]
- 1994 -- 1st Summit of the Americas at Miami in the United States.[1]
- 1996 -- Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development at Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.
- 1998 -- 2nd Summit of the Americas at Santiago in Chile.[1]
- 2001 -- 3rd Summit of the Americas, in Quebec City, Canada.[1]
- 2004 -- Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas at Monterrey in Mexico.
- 2005 -- 4th Summit of the Americas at Mar del Plata in Argentina.
- 2009 -- 5th Summit of the Americas at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
- 2013 -- 6th summit of the Americas at Cartagena in Colombia.
The summits that garnered most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata events, both of which provoked very large anti-globalization and anti–Free Trade Area of the Americas protests and attendant police response.
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- ^ a b c d Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). Health Care Reform Around the World, p. 382.
- ^ Tack, Clint Chan. "Summit programme takes shape," Newsday (Trinidad & Tobago). February 15, 2009.
[edit] References
- Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). Health Care Reform Around the World. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing. 10-ISBN 0-865-69288-2; 13-ISBN 978-0-865-69288-6; OCLC 48132063
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- Summits of the Americas
- The Fifth Summit of The Americas
- Everybody But Cuba By Alfredo Prieto
