European, Latin Nations Set To Meet in Peru
By Associated Press | May 16, 2008
LIMA, Peru — European and Latin American leaders are gathering for their fifth summit in a decade this week plan to tackle climate change, high food prices, and poverty.
But they may get sidetracked by an issue not on the agenda: Colombia's raid on a rebel camp inside Ecuador earlier this spring.
The meeting is set to begin Friday, the day after Interpol announces the results of an investigation into allegations that President Chavez of Venezuela and President Correa of Ecuador collaborated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Messrs. Chavez, Correa, and President Uribe of Colombia are all expected to attend the Lima-based summit of nearly 60 leaders and top officials from Latin America, Europe, and the Caribbean.
