2nd Summit of the Americas
2nd Summit of the Americas | |
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Host country | Chile |
Dates | April 18–19, 1998 |
Follows | 1st Summit of the Americas |
Precedes | 3rd Summit of the Americas |
The 2nd Summit of the Americas was held in
This gathering of regional leaders was the first attempt in four years to negotiate conditions for the creation of a hemispheric free trade area. No final agreements were made, but the nations set up a
Overview
The "Summit of the Americas" is the name for a continuing series of summits bringing together the leaders of North America and South America. The function of these summits is to foster discussion of a variety of issues affecting the western hemisphere. These high-level summit meetings have been organized by a number of multilateral bodies under the aegis of the Organization of American States. In the early 1990s, what were formerly ad hoc summits came to be institutionalized into a regular "Summits of the Americas" conference program.[2]
- December 9–11, 1994 Miami in the United States.[4]
- December 7–8, 1996
Protests and demonstrations
The summits which garnered most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata events, both provoking very large anti-globalization and anti–Free Trade Area of the Americas protests. Police responses to protesters and demonstrations developed into independent news stories.
Notes
- ^ Summit Americas Archived 2009-06-25 at the Wayback Machine: II summit (2nd)
- ^ Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). Health Care Reform Around the World, p. 382.
- ^ a b Florida International University, Summit of the Americas Center Archived May 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (SOAC): Summits list Archived April 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Summit Americas: I summit (1st) Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Summit Americas: Sustainable development Archived September 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
References
- Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). Health Care Reform Around the World. Westport, Connecticut: OCLC 48132063.