Due to illness , Chávez was unsure if he would attend the summit . Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner left in the morning of 15 April , before the summit was officially closed . Morales also left early after having said on 14 April that " all the countries here in Latin American and the Caribbean want Cuba to be present . But the United States wo n't accept it . It 's like a dictatorship . " Alex Main of the Center for Economic and Policy Research suggested that Obama 's claims in the 5th Summit of the Americas to start a " new chapter " in the United States ' hemispheric relations would be undone by following the past practices of his predecessor George W. Bush as he could call on the Colombian and Panamanian free trade agreement and offer reform to Cuba – United States relations , including having the country participate at the next summit . He also suggested other governments in Central America , led by the right-winged government of Guatemala 's Otto Pérez Molina , would call for a debate on the legalisation of drugs in a bid to stem the tide in the War on Drugs , which would be a difficult prospect for a U.S. president facing an election . He concluded in saying that there could be a firmer view that the " Summit of the Americas has become an archaic instrument of US policy " due to the lack of reform in the U.S. ' direction in hemispheric relations whereas the rest of the region has moved towards Latin American integration with such moves as the formation of multilateral bodies such as Mercosur , ALBA , UNASUR and CELAC to counteract the OAS in its exclusion of the United States and Canada . Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America said of the waning influence of the summit that " the label ' Americas ' does n't seem to mean that much anymore unless you 're a cartographer . " For the first time a C.E.O. Summit from companies in the hemisphere was held alongside the summit . In addition a Social Forum was also held for people from " diverse social organisations . "
5th Summit of the Americas
5th Summit of the Americas
6th Summit of the Americas