| Summary/Abstract |
Just one month before Barack Obama's historic
inauguration, all 33 of the United States' southern
neighbors convened at an unprecedented
"mega-summit" hosted by Brazil, Latin America's
largest country and a rising global power. The
gathering at Costa do Sauipe, in Brazil's eastern
state of Bahia, showcased yet another of the regional
arrangements that are emerging to deal
with a variety of vexing issues.
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