It is worth noting that for all the talk of summit saturation in recent years, with the myriad integration movements forged in the region, some of which have been designed with the express purpose of excluding the ‘imperialist’ US, the Summit of the Americas – a US brainchild – had full attendance, with the exception of President Michelle Bachelet, who is overseeing the humanitarian response to a natural disaster in northern Chile.

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