5th Summit of the Americas: April 17 - 19, '09
The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning and the President of the
United States Barack Obama
PM signs alone, no unanimity on declaration
Heads divided on Declaration of PoS
Manning lauds spirit of co-operation at summit
Well Worth It
PM Manning defends big spending as summit comes to close
Chavez: Summit almost perfect
Leaders to embrace Cuba
Concern over Haiti
Leaders: A regional shame
Jack: Not enough Indian culture at summit opening
Four Opposition MPs attend summit
Manning calls for more funding for IDB
Barack charms Latin leaders
Obama goes to bat for Democracy
Braving the fierce midday sun on the deck of the Hilton overlooking the Queen's Park Savannah, US President Barack Obama outlined his foreign policy principles, placing a high value on the promotion of democratic practices such as freedom of speech and religion which he described as universal values.
...wants 'real change' in Cuba
Obama denies US plot to kill Bolivia's Morales
Violent overthrows of democratically elected leaders will not be supported by the United States, the country's President, Barack Obama, said yesterday in response to claims by Bolivia President Evo Morales that Americans are behind a plot to kill him.
No harm in being polite
Obama responds to criticism on Chavez handshakes
Smooth departure for Obama
PM: We all want Cuba back
Jagdeo to US: Lift Cuban embargo to keep goodwill
Hot, hot Arrow hits bull's-eye
Jagdeo sees region lagging
Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo says the region needs bold and big initiatives to catapult the area, not mundane, evolutionary hundred years transformation. "There are too many illiterate people and too much poverty for the region to remain competitive.
Obama praises local forces
Harper praises role of Caricom
Closing ceremony at Diplomatic Centre
News: April 19, 2009
Press Briefing with the President of Bolivia Evo Morales - April 18, 2009
The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures
The Secret Summit By Fidel Castro Ruz
Neither represented nor excommunicated, only today could I learn what was discussed at the Summit of Port of Spain. They led us all to entertain hopes that the meeting would not be secret, but those running the show deprived us of such an interesting intellectual exercise.
Brother Barack, Comrade Chavez By Raffique Shah
Drummit 2 Summit at the St James Amphitheater in pictures
Photos were taken after the rally was allowed to continue
Obama must denounce plot
BOLIVIA'S PRESIDENT Evo Morales yesterday charged that Americans were behind a plot to assassinate him.
Tensions run high at St James protest
Officers of the Guard and Emergency Branch (GEB) squared off with a coalition group over a drum protest at the St James Ampitheatre.
Approval for demonstration withdrawn
A peaceful musical demonstration quickly turned into a face-off with the police after the right to use the facilities was withdrawn half an hour after it began.
Riot police confront activists in St James
Standoff with cops boosts protest
Police 'zone' flag-bearing protesters at roundabout
Police encircled the roundabout bearing the landmark statue of Capt A A Cipriani on Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, forcing a group of placard and flag-bearing protesters on to the eastern side of the square.
Roget: We aren't fooled and we won't forget
Ancil Roget, president general of Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (OWTU), says people will not forget that the Government denied trade unions and workers of their constitutional right to stage a peaceful march.
Paula Gopee-Scoon: Proud support for Cuba
Chavez: Venezuela not US's backyard
THE United States "must breakaway from the concept of viewing us as its backyard," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday.
Chavez: Hold 6th Summit in Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants the Sixth Summit of the Americas to be held in Cuba. He also repeated his exhortation made on Friday to US President Barack Obama to "let's be friends."
Manning to recognise Cuba as 'family member'
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning is expected to give an important "recognition" nod on Cuba today as a "family member" of the Caribbean-Latin America region.
Obama: Don't blame America
Mixed reviews for country
Obama comes bearing gifts
Ban Ki-moon: World on edge
UNITED Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday warned the world was "on the edge" of a political crisis, and urged leaders at the Fifth Summit of the Americas to work together to head it off.
MacFarlane: Hillary fell for T&T mas
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, so impressed by the multi-million dollar cultural show that followed Friday's historic opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, has said she intends to return for Carnival 2010.
Canada PM wants Cuba embargo lifted
Canada's PM: Embargo up to US, Cuba
Although Canada feels that the US trade embargo against Cuba is not the way to go, its removal is ultimately a matter between Cuba and the United States, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday.
China sends red flower for Summit
Time ripe to rectify Cuban sore point
Sparrow headlines cultural show
The Calypso King of the World, Mighty Sparrow, will headline today's Summit of Culture taking place at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain.
News: April 18, 2009
President of the U.S. Barack Obama and President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez
greet each other
The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures
Chavez flies in over the Gulf
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez thought he had escaped the glare of the media when he quietly flew in on his military jet over the Gulf of Paria from Sucre, Cumana, to Trinidad and landed at the helipad in Chaguaramas shortly after 4 pm yesterday.
Smiling Obama lands on T&T soil
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez arrives for the Fifth Summit of the Americas
Media mob Chavez
Chavez steals the spotlight
"Hail, Presidente!" The cry emitted from the lips of the Venezuelan contingent of media personnel who had gathered at the entrance to the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.
LET'S BE FRIENDS
Chavez tells Obama during historic handshake
Waiting in vain for Obama
Disappointment
Obama slips through spectators fingers
Scores of journalists and other accredited people were disappointed yesterday after having waited for hours to catch a glimpse of US President Barack Obama upon his arrival at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port-of-Spain for the start of the Summit of Americas. However, he was sneaked through a back entrance of the hotel.
End embargo against Cuba
New beginning for Cuba says Obama
Obama: Time for a new start
UNITED States President Barack Obama said he wants a new beginning in US-Cuba relations, but is also serious in wanting to address human rights issues in Cuba...
Barack to invest US$30m to fight regional crime
We'll mediate
CARICOM leaders were last night due to act as virtual mediators between US President Barack Obama and Venzuelan President Hugo Chavez on the issue of Cuba, after Caricom leaders indicated they will not join Chavez in vetoing the Declaration of Port-of-Spain.
Patrick Manning last night set the tone
Prime Minister Patrick Manning last night set the tone for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, when he called on leaders to be politically mature and not allow any one subject to cause discord, as he made reference to the contentious issue of the US trade embargo against Cuba.
Manning: Let's be friends
PRIME Minister Patrick Manning yesterday urged leaders at the Fifth Summit of the Americas not to become divisive over any one issue during their talks, a likely reference to the Cuban issue, as he addressed the opening ceremony of the meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of- Spain last evening.
'Summit rubbish' creates stink in Sea Lots
Summit protestor spends night in jail
ENVIRONMENTALIST Michael Parris spent Thursday night behind bars in the Couva Police Station after he was arrested by police for erecting placards on TTEC poles to protest against the Summit of the Americas currently taking place in Port-of-Spain.
Man gets $.1m bail for placard protest
A free world
The final statement from the Summit of the Americas is still to be drawn up, but we doubt that it will include measures to end capitalism and the "neo-liberal system".
Giving youth a new lease on life
Doubles, dhalpuri for foreign media
Views from the summit
What makes the Fifth Summit of the Americas so special for our country is that here for the first time in our short history we will host a forum of the heads of governments of 34 elected democracies in the western hemisphere...
News: April 17, 2009
'Herded Cows' Protest the Fifth Summit of the Americas
The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures
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President Obama's Opening Statement at Americas Summit
- April 17, 2009
Speech by His Excellency Honourable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America on April 17 2009, during the Opening Ceremonies of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
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President Ortega's Opening Statement at Americas Summit [Transcript]
- April 17, 2009
Speech by His Excellency Honourable Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua, on April 17 2009, during the Opening Ceremonies of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
Obama, Chavez arrive today
After months of preparation, the Fifth Summit of the Americas gets going this evening at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain.
Michelle opts out of Summit
CHAVEZ WARNS OBAMA
Don't try to set me up at summit
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ramped up his verbal artillery yesterday saying US President Barack Obama should not follow the example of Spain's King Juan Carlos who told him to shut up during a 2007 summit...
...Rejects pending Summit of the Americas declaration
Venezuela to veto summit declaration
Why mistreat Cuba?
EVEN BEFORE setting foot in Port-of-Spain for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez yesterday said he will vote against the final declaration of the summit as a gesture against the United States for its failure to lift sanctions against Cuba.
Carrington declines comment on Chavez
Obama looks for Cuban response to recent steps
US Congressman: Obama looking to address poverty
Secret Service to greet Obama
AMERICAN Secret Service agents will greet US President Barack Obama when he touches down at 4pm on Air Force One at Piarco International Airport in time for the opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
Morales escapes plot to kill him
IF HE ARRIVES today as expected to attend the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Bolivia's President Evo Morales would have survived not only a "hunger strike" but also an alleged plot against his life.
Entry denied
Immigration officers denied entry to a professional protestor and placed him on a flight back to Puerto Rico an hour after he arrived in Trinidad on Wednesday night. Another professional protestor reported to be from North America was also barred from entering the country last week.
Welcome to TT
From today till Sunday, the eyes of the world will be on the Fifth Summit of the Americas. And, since this major international meeting is being hosted by Trinidad and Tobago, the world will be seeing our country, too. But it is useful to keep in mind the distinction between event and venue.
Caricom leaders are here
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday held informal talks with his Caricom colleagues as they arrived at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain before today's opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
Truck runs into utility pole: disrupts local cable channels
Flow's summit channel off air
A container passing along the Eastern Main Road, yesterday pulled down wires which caused a disruption in fibre optic service feeding channel 97, the station designated to broadcast the Fifth Summit of The Americas.
Weekend 'curfew' for Piarco, Oropune villagers
Jack gets invitation, but declines to attend
Browne: Summit 'a little bit' over budget
Fitun calls off march
Working class protesters have backed down and have aborted a "social justice" march in Port-of-Spain during the Fifth Summit of the Americas. But instead of marching, the trade union groups and workers will instead gather at the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies for a mass rally in on Saturday.
Civil Society lobbies for voice in dire economic times
WITH the global credit crunch crippling countries around the world, there has been a drastic decline in the level of funding to non-Governmental Organisations globally.
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