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Brazil To Host Four
Latin America Summits
Salvador, Brazil - Heads
of state and government
from 33 Latin American
and Caribbean countries
will meet in Brazil to
discuss regional
integration, the
Brazilian Foreign
Ministry said in a
statement on Sunday.
On Dec. 16-17, the
Common Market of the
South (Mercosur), the
Union of South American
Nations (Unasur), the
Rio Group, and the Latin
America and the
Caribbean countries
(CALC), will hold summit
meetings respectively in
Costa de Sauipe, some
110 km north of Salvador
de Bahia, northwest
Brazil, the official
agenda shows.
The Mercosur meeting
will discuss measures
against the
international financial
crisis and the creation
of a fund for small and
medium companies.
The Unasur will review
the performance of the
group during the
political crisis in
Bolivia. The leaders
will also study the
proposal of creating a
South American council
of defense and the
election of its general
secretary.
The Rio Group will make
formal the entrance of
Cuba into the group.
The CALC will study the
impact of the
international financial
crisis on the region, in
order to set a common
position for the summit
of the Americas in April
2009.
Besides the four
summits, due to draw
about 600 official
delegates and 4,500
accredited personnel,
according to the
Brazilian Foreign
Ministry, some bilateral
meetings are also
expected to take place
during the two days.
Meanwhile, the
government of the state
of Bahia said on Sunday
that security measures
at Sauipe Coast were
reinforced. More than
2,200 men are deployed
in the security
operation set to start
working on Monday,
including militaries,
federal policemen,
firemen and agents of
private security.
Inhabitants of nearby
towns were told not to
cross certain limits
till Saturday, and local
inhabitants would have
to identify themselves
to get into the area.
The aerial space of the
region is controlled by
radars and military
helicopters, and the
navy was also enlisted
in the security
operation.
The security also
includes an
anti-terrorism section
and the control and
command of all the
communication systems.
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