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Colombia hosts Summit of the Americas The coastal city of Cartagena, Colombia, hosts leaders from the Western Hemisphere during the sixth Summit of the Americas on April 14 and 15. Read related story.
April 15, 2012
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos addresses a news conference after the plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena de Indias. Leaders attending the summit did not issue a final statement Sunday because of disagreement over whether Cuba should be included in future summits, according to diplomat sources.
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April 15, 2012
National leaders wave during the official photo at the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday. Front row, from left: Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera; second row, Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson, Haitian Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo and Mexican President Felipe Calderon; top row, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez, Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Llewellyn Douglas and Saint Lucian Prime Minister Kenny Davis Anthony.
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April 15, 2012
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, left, admires the necklace of Trinidad and Tobago´s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, after posing for the 2012 Summit of the Americas official photo.
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April 15, 2012
Rene Fuentes, left, and Silvio Carrasquilla of Turbaco, Colombia, wave to President Obama. They said Demo, their 1-year-old donkey, was a present for Obama.
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April 15, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton relaxes at Cafe Havana in Cartagena, Colombia, where she attended the Summit of the Americas.
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April 15, 2012
President Obama takes part in the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez jokes with President Obama during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
U.S. Secret Service agents walk the grounds of the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, before the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas. On Thursday, about a dozen Secret Service agents sent to provide security for the president were relieved of duty and replaced with other agents after an incident of alleged misconduct.
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April 14, 2012
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, second from right, speaks next to Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, right, during a plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
President Obama arrives at the convention center where the Summit of the Americas is being held in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
A protester yells slogans as members of student groups and labor unions stage a protest during the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
Members of student groups and labor unions burn a mock U.S. flag while staging a protest as the Summit of the Americas is being held in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
Members of student groups and labor unions hold a protest as the Summit of the Americas is being held in Cartagena, Colombia. The banner reads, "Close Guantanamo."
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April 14, 2012
Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
Shakira sings the Colombian national anthem in front of heads of state during the inauguration of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attend a plenary session for the Summit of the Americas at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
Leaders of the Americas attend a plenary session for the Summit of the Americas at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
From left to right, back to front: St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, St. Lucia's Prime Minister Kenny Davis Anthony and Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla listen to the speech by Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos during the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas.
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April 14, 2012
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. Leaders of the American continent opened a two-day summit anxious to expand regional trade, but were dogged by controversial issues such as contraband of illegal drugs and policy toward Cuba. Santos said it would be "unacceptable" to hold another Summit of the Americas without Cuba.
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April 14, 2012
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, right, attends a plenary session of the Summit of the Americas at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 14, 2012
President Obama appears on a giant screen at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 10, 2012
Colombian police officers patrol on horseback near Cartagena's historic walls. The port city will host the 6th Summit of the Americas on Saturday and Sunday.
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April 11, 2012
Navy soldiers patrol the old city in Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 11, 2012
A baby donkey named Demo, belonging to Colombian attorney Silvio Carrasquilla, dressed as the mascot of the U.S. Democratic Party, stands where it was placed in a pose by Carrasquilla between the United States and the Colombian flags, at his home in Turbaco, near Cartagena. Carrasquilla, Turbaco's former mayor who considers himself Colombia's No. 1 fan of President Obama, is sprucing up his house by painting it the colors of the U.S. flag to celebrate Obama's arrival in Cartagena for the 6th Summit of the Americas.
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April 11, 2012
A baby donkey named Demo stands dressed as the mascot of the U.S. Democratic Party behind a poster of President Obama in Turbaco, near Cartagena, Colombia.
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April 11, 2012
A youth break-dances for tourists in the old city of Cartagena, where the 6th Summit of the Americas will be held.
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April 12, 2012
Riot police officers stand guard near a hat kiosk near the wall of the old city of Cartagena, Colombia, as delegates arrive for the Summit of the Americas.
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April 12, 2012
Colombian soldiers patrol a beach as delegates arrive for the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena.
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