Paraguay's president, Fernando Lugo (centre), Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa (left) and Bolivia's President Evo Morales, talk during the summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, Wednesday. The two-day summit is aimed at strengthening political and economic ties in the region.

Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez (top left), talks to Cuba's president, Raul Castro (top right), as Bolivia's president, Evo Morales (left) and Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, look on before the official photo of the summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil on Tuesday.

Jamaica's prime minister, Bruce Golding (left), shakes hands with Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, during the summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil on Wednesday.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (right) talks to Bahamas' prime minister, Sir Hubert Alexander Ingraham, during a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil on Wednesday.

Argentina's president, Cristina Fernandez (left) embraces Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet.

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