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P<\/SPAN>resident Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez commended the summits of the Union of South American Nations and the Latin American and Caribbean Nations on Integration and Development, which are being held with the goal of forming a large block to jointly confront and successfully face the challenges of the global crisis. <\/P> he estimated that the moment has arrived to form a huge alliance between Latin America and the Greater Caribbean,<\/P> Surrounded by reporters covering the development of both summits, the Dominican president expressed his ideas on the need for regional integration. <\/P> \u201cToday, more than ever, it is necessary to form a large block that integrates the Southern Cone with the Caribbean,\u201d President Fern\u00e1ndez said. <\/P> He affirmed that it is essential to confront the global crisis as a block and he estimated that the moment has arrived to form a huge alliance between Latin America and the Greater Caribbean, adding that the current situation favors regional integration to successfully face the growing challenges. <\/P> He reiterated his thoughts that the global economic crisis was generated by speculation in the mortgage, financial and capital markets and is in no way the fault of Latin America. <\/P> The president arrived in a private jet from the Dominican Republic to the Diputado Luis Eduardo Magalhanes Airport. <\/P> The Dominican delegation includes Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso; Director of the President\u00b4s Information, Press and Publicity Office, Rafael N\u00fa\u00f1ez and leftist leader Jos\u00e9 Ernesto Oviedo. In addition, the President\u00b4s team includes General H\u00e9ctor Belisario Medina Medina, Chief of the Presidential Military Assistants; the special assistant to the President, Danilo P\u00e9rez and Deputy DNI Director V\u00edctor Crispin. <\/P> In keeping with the official itinerary of the summits, President Fern\u00e1ndez will participate in the Extraordinary Summit of the Union of South American Nations which will cover issues related to the global crisis. <\/P> He will also attend the first plenary session of the Latin American and Caribbean Nations on Integration and Development. During the evening hours, the president will attend a dinner, given by Brazilian President Lu\u00edz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva in honor of the visiting presidents attending both summits. <\/P> <\/P><\/TD><\/TR> President Proposes Formation of a Latin American-Caribbean Block to Confront Global Crisis President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez commended the summits of the Union of South American Nations and the Latin American and Caribbean Nations on Integration and Development, which are being held with the goal of forming a large block to jointly confront and successfully face the … Continue reading “President Proposes Formation of a Latin American-Caribbean Block to Confront Global Crisis”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDate of Publication: December 17, 2008 <\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"