Friday, April 9, 2010

Latin American Presidents Focus on Education and Regional Integration

  • Five Latin American presidents call for deeper regional integration
  • Education is the key to addressing social inequality and poverty, the leaders agreed

Cartagena, Colombia, 8 April 2010 – Latin America should focus on deepening regional integration and improving the quality of education to address inequality, said presidents from five countries in the region – Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama and Paraguay – in a plenary session on the final day of the World Economic Forum on Latin America. “When our pineapples cross the border with Argentina to get to Chile, we have problems,” Paraguayan President Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez acknowledged. “We have common roots. We all agree on strengthening our democratic institutions because what is at stake is our future. Integration is possible.”

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