For Andrés Oppenheimer, the draft of the final declaration of the Summit of the Americas, which begins on April 17, is much like a joke.
The analyst reviewed the document, whose final details are being adjusted, and stated that instead of hundreds of paragraphs listing each agreement and statement already concurred and declared in previous meetings, they would save a lot of time and taxpayers' money by simply concluding that "the commitment to the agreements signed in previous meetings is reaffirmed."
For Andrés Oppenheimer, the draft of the final declaration of the Summit of the Americas, which begins on April 17, is much like a joke.
The analyst reviewed the document, whose final details are being adjusted, and stated that instead of hundreds of paragraphs listing each agreement and statement already concurred and declared in previous meetings, they would save a lot of time and taxpayers' money by simply concluding that "the commitment to the agreements signed in previous meetings is reaffirmed."
The SICA summit ended with a declaration that includes a dozen measures that they are seeking to implement in order to deal with the global financial crisis.
DECLARATION
The session ended with the reading of the "Declaration of San Pedro Sula", which sets out the resolutions that the leaders of the region plan to carry out immediately and in the future, within the framework of a series of meetings that SICA will continue to hold next year.
The region made a petition to the Central American Bank for Economic Integration that could reach $2 billion, that is $400 for each one of the five countries in SICA.
Central America is seeking its own financial rescue plan. After analyzing the possible effects of the financial crisis in the United States on the region, the Heads of State of the Central American Integration System (SICA) asked the BCIE "to consider the possibility of extending lines of credit for up to $200 million for the Central Banks" in the region.
The presidents of the countries that make up SICA will meet tomorrow to discuss public safety, the progress of integration, free trade and the impact of the US financial crisis in the region.
Earlier it was reported that the purpose of the presidential summit was to discuss violence and crime in the region, immigration and the environment, but its was later decided to give priority to the eventual effects of the US economic crisis.
El Salvador's President, Elías Antonio Saca, confirmed that the summit of Central American presidents will take place in San Salvador on June 27.
"We will be dealing with many themes from the common agenda of Central American countries," said Saca, though he remained vague about which specific topics would be discussed.
He said that at the meeting, the rotating presidency of the System of Central American Integration will be passed to Honduras.