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Article: REGION: PRESIDENTS DISCUSS DEBT, DISASTERS, BANKING CONTROLS & AGREE ON FRAMEWORK FOR FREE-TRADE TREATY WITH CHILE.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- October 28, 1999
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The region's presidents met in Guatemala City Oct. 18-19 for the XX Central American Summit and produced a declaration that covers foreign debt, money laundering, capital flows, natural disasters, and the Panama Canal. They also signed a framework agreement with Chile for a free-trade treaty.
Attending were presidents Arnoldo Aleman (Nicaragua), Alvaro Arzu (Guatemala), Francisco Flores (El Salvador), Carlos Flores (Honduras), and Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Costa Rica). Carlos Flores and Aleman left the summit before its conclusion, leaving their foreign ministers, Robert Flores and Eduardo Montealegre, to sign the final declaration.
Vice Presidents ...