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The Summits of the Americas (SOA) is a series of international summit
meetings bringing together the leaders of countries in North America, Central
America, South America and the Caribbean; however, no representative from Cuba
has participated. The meetings provide an opportunity for discussions about a
variety of issues and topics.
The summits 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, specifically leading towards the formal
establishment of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas, which never came
into force), which sparked many debates on economic free trade, multilateral
relations, among other issues, and several protests took place not only during
actual summits but also it created the atmosphere to create parallel
organizations in the American hemisphere such as ALBA,
UNASUR, among others.
So far, these summits are:
- 1st Summit of the Americas at Miami in the
United States, December 9-11, 1994
- Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development at
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (not featured on FOTW ) in Bolivia,
December 7-8, 1996
- 2nd Summit of the Americas at Santiago in
Chile, April 18-19, 1998
- 3rd Summit of the Americas, in Québec City,
Canada, April 20-22, 2001
- Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas at
Monterrey (not featured on FOTW) in Mexico, January
12-13, 2004
- 4th Summit of the Americas at
Mar
del Plata (not featured on FOTW) in Argentina,
November 4-5, 2005
- 5th Summit of the Americas at Port-of-Spain in
Trinidad and Tobago (official website:
http://www.fifthsummitoftheamericas.org/ ) April 17-19, 2009
- 6th Summit of the Americas at Cartagena in
Colombia (official website:
https://www.vicumbredelasamericas.com/ ) April 14-15, 2012
The official website is:
http://www.summit-americas.org/
Esteban Rivera, 13 April 2012
From April 9 until April 15 several events are taking place under the Summit,
divided into three main categories: Actores Sociales (Social actors),
Empresarial (Entrepreneurs), Presidencial (Presidential and government
officials) (Source:
http://www.eluniversal.com.co/temas/cumbre-de-las-americas?page=14 article
and video interview of current Colombian Chancellor by El Unviersal, local
newspaper of the City of Cartagena regarding the logistics of the event).
These are:
- Foro Social (Social Forum) April 9 (featuring also the Foro de los
Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de las Américas, Workers of the Americas Forum)
- Cumbre de Los Pueblos (Summit of the Peoples) April 11 including indigenous
organizations
- III Foro de Jóvenes de las Américas (III Young Americas Forum) April 12
(within this event there will also take place the VI Competencia Talento e
Innovación de las Américas "Jóvenes: Socios para la Prosperidad", VI Talent and
Innovation of the Americas Competition)
- I Cumbre Empresarial de Las Américas (I CEO Summit of the Americas) April 13
and 14 (official websites:
http://www.ceosummitoftheamericas.com/ ,
http://www.cumbreempresarialdelasamericas.com/ and
http://www.ammericasceosummit.com/ )
- Presidential summit April 14 and 15 (official website:
http://www.cumbredelasamericas.co/ and
https://www.vicumbredelasamericas.com/ )
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_of_the_Americas ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summits_of_the_Americas ,
http://www.summit-americas.org/vi_summit.html ,
http://www.summit-americas.org/vi_summit/events.htm and
http://www.summit-americas.org/sextacumbre.htm
Additional information in the following links:
- Colombian Presidential website
special
coverage of the Summit (
- Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs coverage
of the Summit (
-
El Universal coverage of the Summit (
- Pictures on Flickr ( Flickr.com/photos/AmericasFoto )
- Comments on
Tweeter
- Posts on
Facebook
- Events on Google Plus ( gplus.to/americas )
- Videos on
YouTube
For more please go to: VI Cumbre de las Américas (VI Summit of the Americas) (official
website: access restricted)
http://www.cumbredelasamericas.co/ and
https://www.vicumbredelasamericas.com/
Esteban Rivera, 13 April 2012
image by Zoltan Horvath, 13 April 2012
April 11, during a news
report by CM& tv news a City square inside Cartagena
was shown displaying several flags of the VI Summit of the Americas. The Summit
is officially scheduled to take place on April 14-15, 2012. However, there are
additional events related to the Summit that have been taking place since April
9.
The flag is the
logo on a white horizontal background. Explanation of the logo (taken from
the official website): "The hummingbird is native of the Americas. found from
Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, it represents the vision of unity across the
continent. The wide range of colors represents the diversity of the Americas".
Esteban Rivera, 13 April 2012
Flag can be seen outisde the Centro de Convenciones de Cartagena "Julio César
Turbay Ayala" ("Julio César Turbay Ayala Cartagena Conventions Center) (official
website:
http://www.cccartagena.com/ ). At the main entrance one can see the flag of
Cartagena (on the left) and the flag of Colombia (on the right). Then
surrounding those two flags, there are several palm trees with flagpoles waving
the sixth summit's flag.
Esteban Rivera, 15 April 2012
