US and Canada Block Summit Declaration

The biggest news at the Summit of the Americas in Panama was the historic meeting between presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro, marking an important step in the normalization of relations. Also significant was Obama's meeting with President Nicolas Maduro in which the Venezuelan president reiterated his country's desire for peace. Despite ever stronger Latin American and Caribbean unity, however, it was impossible to emit a Summit declaration due to opposition to key issues by the United States and Canada. teleSUR