Leaders from the Americas

[ProSense]

Leaders from the Americas pose for the official picture of the V Summit of the Americas
in Port-of-Spain on April 18, 2009. First row, L-R: Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias,
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Canada's Prime
Minister Stephen Harper, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Brazil's
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Belize's Prime
Minister Dean Barrow, the Prime Minister of Barbados David John Howard Thompson, The Bahamas'
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and
Antigua & Barbuda's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. Second row L-R: Mexico's President
Felipe Calderon, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya,
Haiti's President Rene Preval, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, Guatemala's President
Alvaro Colom, Grenada's Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, US President Barack Obama, El Salvador's
President Elias Antonio Saca, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa and Dominica's Prime Minister
Roosevelt Skerrit. Third row, L to R: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, Panama's President
Martin Torrijos, Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, Peru's President Alan Garcia, Dominican
Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, St Kitts & Nevis' Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines' Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Saint Lucia's Prime Minister
Stephenson King, Suriname's President Ronald Venetiaan, Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez
and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.


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[dalaigh lllama]

1. You know, I don't think I ever recall seeing one of these group shots

with W where he wasn't somewhere in the front, usually center or end. In this shot, Obama looks like he's content to be one of many rather than the big cheese from the States. Or is that just my innate prejudice against W showing?

[LakeSamish706]

2. You notice that Stephen Harper is right up front though... yuck.. n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

4. You'd think the taller guys (Harper, cough, cough)

would have the people-awareness skills and courtesy to let the shorter folks stand in the front row. Says something about where they all chose to stand, maybe. I notice Chavez has positioned himself close, but not too close, to our guy. I believe he may be "stocking" him. :D

[quakerboy]

3. OH. MY. SCANDALOUS!!ii11!I

Obama let himself be placed in the second row behind Barbados, showing that he is subordinating the US to the worship of gold and silver foiled collectible currency. IMPEACH NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!1!one??!iI!?!I!1

[JI7]

5. who is the guy who is turned around facing Chavez or the person next to Chavez ?

i love these pics. Obama is a natural leader.