1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21700Updated January 14, 2005Special Summit of the Americas Monterrey, Mexico, January 2004: Background, Objectives, and ResultsClare M. RibandoAnalyst in Latin American AffairsForei
2、gn Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryThe Special Summit of the Americas held on January 12 and 13, 2004, inMonterrey, Mexico was the first meeting of all democratic heads of state from LatinAmerica, the United States and Canada that are members of the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS) si
3、nce the Quebec Summit in April 2001. At the MonterreySummit, leaders discussed broad issues affecting countries in the hemisphere at length,such as free trade and corruption. Their primary accomplishment, however, was torenew their commitments to implementing the Quebec City Summit Declaration andPl
4、an of Action by issuing the Declaration of Nuevo Len. Rather than adoptingnumerous new initiatives, the declaration focuses on achieving a few measurableobjectives. Those objectives include halving the cost of sending remittances by 2008,endorsing the Inter-American Development Banks goal of triplin
