Obama: the allocation of $ 130 million for cooperation with the countries of Central America

By : mina sabry

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President Barack Obama, during his participation in the first day of the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, it would increase cooperation in the field of security with the countries of Central America, and will be allocated this year, about $ 130 million for this purpose.


Obama said, "The United States will increase its commitment to more than 130 million this year to support the regional strategy for the security of being led by the Central American region, adding that the fight against drug trafficking is" is very difficult, "adding," We have allocated millions in the United States to reduce the demand for drug and prepared that we will not slacken in our efforts. "


The summit began on Saturday night attended by 31 heads of state and government, and the most important issues faced by the summit of which was the exclusion of Cuba, where the United States believes that this country, "an anti-democratic," as they do not meet the requirements to participate in the summit.


On the other hand, drew the paper to address the Executive Director of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Alicia Barcena, which confirmed that "the South is no longer the same as Latin America and the Caribbean only," because of its economic growth and gained more weight in the world.


And absent from this summit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez because of his illness and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Ecuador's Rafael Correa.