Western Hemisphere
The United States government will not attend the summit of the South American Union of Nations (Unasur) this week in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, where the US-Colombia military agreement will be discussed.

A spokesperson from the US State Department told Efe that his country "is not a member of Unasur" and "has no plans of sending any representative" to the summit of South American leaders, convened expressly to debate the controversy emerged because of the military agreement signed by Washington and Bogota.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva proposed last Friday in a phone call with US President Barack Obama a meeting with Unasur's leaders.