Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (C) and Argentine
President Eduardo Duhalde embrace after Cardoso addressed the audience,
as Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (L) stands near, during the II
Meeting of Presidents of South America in Guayaquil, July 26, 2002. Ten
South American presidents are meeting until July 27 to discuss the
problems within their region. Cardoso in his speech slammed financial
markets as his country's currency slid to all-time lows, saying that
investors were "irresponsibly" unraveling years of work.
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