Latin American and Caribbean Leaders Meet to Forge a New Union CELAC
http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/8960/1/Latin-American-and-Caribbean-Leaders-Meet-to-Forge-a-New-Union--CELAC/Page1.html
By S Coward
Published on 02-Dec-11
Dec. 2, 2011 - (miamiherald.com) -- On Friday, the leaders of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries
are gathering in Venezuela to forge a new organization that will include
every nation in the region — except the United States and Canada.Some
are hoping the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or
CELAC, will blunt U.S. influence in the region and replace the
Organization of American States, the only group that’s opened to all
countries in the hemisphere
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