Summit of the Americas
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The '''Summit of the Americas''' is the name for one of a sequence of summits bringing together the countries of the [[Americas]] for discussion of a variety of issues. These encounters are organized by a number of multilateral bodies led by the [[Organization of American States]].
*[[Miami Summit of the Americas]], in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], [[United States]], on [[December 11]], [[1994]].
*[[Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development]], in [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz de la Sierra]], [[Bolivia]], on [[December 7]] and [[December 8]], [[1996]].
*[[Santiago Summit of the Americas]], in [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]], on [[April 18]] and [[April 19]], [[1998]].
*[[Quebec City Summit of the Americas]], in [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], from [[April 20]] to [[April 22]], [[2001]].
*[[Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas]], in [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]], on [[January 12]] and [[January 13]], [[2004]].
*[[Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas]], in [[Mar del Plata]], [[Argentina]], from [[November 4]] to [[November 6]], [[2005]].
Of these, the Summits that garnered most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata events, both of which provoked very large [[anti-globalization movement|anti-globalization]] and anti–[[Free Trade Area of the Americas]] protests and attendant police response.
The fifth Summit of the Americas is scheduled to be held in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] in [[2009]].
==See also==
*[[2004 South American Summit]]
==External links==
*[http://www.summit-americas.org/ Summits of the Americas]
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