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18Apr09
Summit Saturday: One for the books
Just as President Barack Obama's morning meeting with South American leaders was about to start, up popped Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
He ceremoniously presented the U.S. leader with a book along with a big handshake, their second or third of the summit, but then who's counting.
The book was "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" (The Open Veins of Latin America) by Eduardo Galeano, a 1970s-era criticism of 500 years of European and U.S. economic exploitation of the Americas.
Asked later what he thought about the tome, Obama quipped: "I thought it was one of Chavez's. I was going to give him one of mine."
The U.S. president never produced a copy of his book -- but one of the other leaders did.
As they gathered for the summit family picture, Saint Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King produced a copy of "Dreams from My Father," which Obama then autographed.
No book for Chavez, though he did exchange another big handshake with Obama, his third or fourth of the summit, but then who's counting.
[Source: By David Alexander, Port Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 18Apr09]
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