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第20回優秀賞One recent event that illustrates the current political discourse of the‘have-nots’is the Americas Summit 2004 (‘Leaders agree to support a trade pact’, in The MiamiHerald, 01/14/2004):“(...) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arid Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez said economic policies favored by the United States, the InternationalMonetary Fund and other U.S.-backed institutions had failed in Latin America. Bothleaders want to loosen the austerity forced on them by their huge foreign debts so theirgovernments can spend more on social programs.Saying that 26 percent of the region’s population makes only $2 a day, da Silvasaid it was“time to change the economic model”supported by international financialinstitutions.Chavez, who gave the strongest speech against the United States, said poverty anddesperation are“the nightmarish reality”of life in Latin America.Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said his nation had been following US.-backedeconomic policies without any growth or benefits in the last four years.(…)In their final declaration, the heads of state agreed on three vague economic goals:“economic growth with equality to reduce poverty, social development and democraticgovernability”.Some countries complained the region was not doing enough to battle poverty.During negotiations, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent asked: What’s theuse of freedom if people are poor?After listening to Caribbean leaders lament the millions who dies of AIDS in theirregion, Bush said leaders need to“work on prevention and treatment”and ensure thatcountries can distribute drugs as they become available under new international rules.”305