American leaders end summit with call for growth with equity

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American leaders end summit with call for growth with equity

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The two-day Special Summit of the Americas officially ended in Monterrey, Mexico with most of the leaders of the Latin American countries calling for joint efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve economic growth with equity in the region.

The leaders of 34 American countries, except Cuba, gathered here to discuss issues concerning the region, with economic growth with equity, security of the western hemisphere and democratic governance on top of the summit's agenda.

At the end of the meeting, leaders signed the "New Leon Declaration."

Many Latin American leaders called for American nations to unite in the combat against widespread poverty that has affected the region.

Mexican President Fox said, "We celebrate the advances reached in the process of American summits, but it is necessary to fight, urgently and deeply, the unacceptable poverty and inequality that hits many Americans."

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that only through political dialogues and international cooperation can the integration of the western hemisphere be realized.

Observers here said difference remained between the United States and some Latin American countries over the issue of Free Trade Area of the Americas(FTAA). The United States planned to put the FTAA issue on agenda of the summit, but it was opposed by many other countries.

The Special Summit of the Americas was held to make preparations for the formal Fourth Summit of the Americas scheduled for April, 2005 in Argentina.

Source: Xinhua

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