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PLAYA DE CARMEN, Mexico — Latin America and Caribbean leaders united Tuesday to create a regional bloc excluding Canada and the United States.
Many of the 32 Latin American and Caribbean countries participating in the summit have long called for a new organization that will not be dominated by their two wealthy northern neighbors.
Latin American countries, however, have competing interests of their own — a point driven home by bickering at the summit between Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Reportedly Chavez was ready to storm off after an exchange of words. After they calmed down, the leaders agreed to create a “group of friends” to mediate between the feuding presidents.
