{"id":1103,"date":"2009-04-19T00:28:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T04:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2009-04-19T00:37:48","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T04:37:48","slug":"5th-summit-of-the-americas-news-april-19-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"5th Summit of the Americas News: April 19, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_itemId=356487\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=359849&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bolivian President Evo Morales at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago\" vspace=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_itemId=356487\">The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_itemId=359709\">Drummit 2 Summit at the St James Amphitheater in pictures<\/a><br \/>\nPhotos were taken after the rally was allowed to continue<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,98713.html\">Obama must denounce plot<\/a><br \/>\nBOLIVIA&#8217;S PRESIDENT Evo Morales yesterday charged that Americans were behind a plot to assassinate him. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/tensions-run-high-st-james-protest\">Tensions run high at St James protest<\/a><br \/>\nOfficers of the Guard and Emergency Branch (GEB) squared off with a coalition group over a drum protest at the St James Ampitheatre.<br \/>\n <!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466548\">Approval for demonstration withdrawn<\/a><br \/>\nA peaceful musical demonstration quickly turned into a face-off with the police after the right to use the facilities was withdrawn half an hour after it began. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,98715.html\">Riot police confront activists in St James<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466550\">Standoff with cops boosts protest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/police-zone-flag-bearing-protesters-roundabout\">Police &#8216;zone&#8217; flag-bearing protesters at roundabout<\/a><br \/>\nPolice encircled the roundabout bearing the landmark statue of Capt A A Cipriani on Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, forcing a group of placard and flag-bearing protesters on to the eastern side of the square.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/roget-we-aren-t-fooled-and-we-won-t-forget\">Roget: We aren&#8217;t fooled and we won&#8217;t forget<\/a><br \/>\nAncil Roget, president general of Oilfield Workers&#8217; Trade Union (OWTU), says people will not forget that the Government denied trade unions and workers of their constitutional right to stage a peaceful march.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/18\/paula-gopee-scoon-proud-support-cuba\">Paula Gopee-Scoon: Proud support for Cuba<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466536\">Chavez: Venezuela not US&#8217;s backyard<\/a><br \/>\nTHE United States &#8220;must breakaway from the concept of viewing us as its backyard,&#8221; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/chavez-hold-6th-summit-cuba\">Chavez: Hold 6th Summit in Cuba<\/a><br \/>\nVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants the Sixth Summit of the Americas to be held in Cuba. He also repeated his exhortation made on Friday to US President Barack Obama to &#8220;let&#8217;s be friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466554\">Manning to recognise Cuba as &#8216;family member&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nPRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning is expected to give an important &#8220;recognition&#8221; nod on Cuba today as a &#8220;family member&#8221; of the Caribbean-Latin America region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466538\">Obama: Don&#8217;t blame America<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/mixed-reviews-country\">Mixed reviews for country<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/obama-comes-bearing-gifts\">Obama comes bearing gifts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,98714.html\">Ban Ki-moon: World on edge<\/a><br \/>\nUNITED Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday warned the world was &#8220;on the edge&#8221; of a political crisis, and urged leaders at the Fifth Summit of the Americas to work together to head it off. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/macfarlane-hillary-fell-tt-mas\">MacFarlane: Hillary fell for T&#038;T mas<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, so impressed by the multi-million dollar cultural show that followed Friday&#8217;s historic opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, has said she intends to return for Carnival 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/canada-pm-wants-cuba-embargo-lifted\">Canada PM wants Cuba embargo lifted<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466544\">Canada&#8217;s PM: Embargo up to US, Cuba<\/a><br \/>\nAlthough Canada feels that the US trade embargo against Cuba is not the way to go, its removal is ultimately a matter between Cuba and the United States, Canada&#8217;s Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/04\/19\/china-sends-red-flower-summit\">China sends red flower for Summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/commentary\/editorial\/2009\/04\/18\/time-ripe-rectify-cuban-sore-point\">Time ripe to rectify Cuban sore point<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161466546\">Sparrow headlines cultural show<\/a><br \/>\nThe Calypso King of the World, Mighty Sparrow, will headline today&#8217;s Summit of Culture taking place at the Queen&#8217;s Park Savannah, Port of Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures Drummit 2 Summit at the St James Amphitheater in pictures Photos were taken after the rally was allowed to continue Obama must denounce plot BOLIVIA&#8217;S PRESIDENT Evo Morales yesterday charged that Americans were behind a plot to assassinate him. 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