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Thinking continental. (meeting between leaders of Spain, Portugal and their former Latin American colonies)
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The Economist (US)
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July 27, 1991
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The term Ibero-America does not appear on many people's mental maps, or trip off their lips. It awkwardly describes those countries in the Americas that were colonies of Spain or Portugal, as opposed to the former British, Dutch and French enclaves or islands. Last week, in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Ibero-America began to take a clearer shape.
For two days, in a building that was once a lunatic asylum, the presidents of 19 Latin American countries and the rulers of Spain and Portugal sat down to talk. Their final declaration contained little more than bromides. But the meeting itself signalled the rapid changes sweeping Latin America.
Chief among them is the ...