In the end, they embraced each other, just like many boxers do moments after bloodying each other's faces. But I can't think of a boxing match that was more exciting than the face-to-face, blow-by-blow encounter between several Latin American presidents at the Rio Group summit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, last week.

Forget the Spanish soap operas! This was much more dramatic.

On one side, you had Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a U.S. ally, waving papers that he said ...

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