Agência Brasil
Rio – The heads of state of 19 South and Central American nations, along with Mexico, will be in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow (04) for the opening of the 18th Rio Group summit which will last two days. At the close of the meeting a document will be signed by the heads of state with proposals for regional cooperation and the solution of conflicts.
Three topics will be central at the meeting: a worldwide compaign against hunger and misery, international cooperation to deal with the situation in Haiti and the creation of an investment fund for members of the Rio Group.
In order to ensure a peaceful meeting, security has been tightened in Rio with 1,800 personnel from the police and armed forces on duty in the city.
The Rio Group was created in 1986 to consolidate regional democracy though cooperation and integration in economic and social development.
