Summit of the Americas 366108 206619946 2008-04-19T02:43:23Z 200.203.110.50 + [[pt:Cúpula das Américas]] 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] [[de:Amerika-Gipfel]] [[es:Cumbre de las Américas]] [[fr:Sommet des Amériques]] [[id:Pertemuan Puncak Amerika]] [[pt:Cúpula das Américas]] [[Category:Foreign relations of Argentina|Summit of the Americas]] [[Category:Politics of the Americas]] [[Category:Organization of American States]] [[Category:Diplomatic conferences]]