Participating Nations
- Argentina – Néstor Kirchner not attending
- Bolivia – represented by Carlos Mesa
- Brazil – represented by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Colombia – represented by Álvaro Uribe
- Chile – represented by Ricardo Lagos
- Ecuador – Lucio Gutiérrez not attending
- Guyana – represented by Bharrat Jagdeo
- Paraguay – Nicanor Duarte not attending
- Peru – represented by Alejandro Toledo
- Suriname – represented by Ronald Venetiaan
- Uruguay – Jorge Batlle not attending
- Venezuela – represented by Hugo Chávez
Mexico (Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez) and Panama (President Martín Torrijos) are also attending the event, with nonparticipating observer status.
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