With the Summit of the Americas underway, President Obama was among three presidents of the Americas today to participate in a panel on energy and the economy, among other things, along with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. Moderating this panel is America's own Chris Matthews, whose idiosyncrasies, if somewhat confusing to a portion of Americans, was completely baffling for the Latin American presidents.
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Colombia has a new president, Juan Manuel Santos, who was sworn in on Saturday and will immediately face a fractured diplomatic state—relations with other Latin countries are on the rocks (Venezuela severed diplomatic ties to the co... Read Post
CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Gracing the cover of the latest Time magazine and trumpeting his nation's security achievements, President Juan Manuel Santos had hoped the Summit of the Americas would showcase the modern face of Col... Read Post
President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos head to a press conference at the Summit of the Americas. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. In Latin American countries where drug violence rages, leaders are incr... Read Post