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If Castro wants to start dialogue with the United States, he should release political prisoners and lower the steep fees the Cuban government charges on money sent from abroad, Obama said. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007157.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT President Barack Obama, beginning his final day of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, told Central American leaders that their region is important and the United States wanted to be a true partner. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007245.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007245.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:53 EDT Cuban leader Raúl Castro's recent offer to discuss all issues -- including the fate of political prisoners -- is ''a sign of progress'' that could lead to more deliberate strides toward normalization, President Barack Obama said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006696.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006696.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Hinting that relations between the two countries could finally be warming, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said Saturday he may welcome back the U.S. ambassador who was kicked out of Caracas seven months ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1012229.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1012229.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Hinting that relations between the two countries could finally be warming, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said Saturday he may welcome back the U.S. ambassador who was kicked out of Caracas seven months ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006518.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006518.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:30 EDT There was a lot of talk about a new chapter in U.S-Cuban relations at the 34-country Summit of the Americas, but top U.S. and Latin American officials point to some hopeful signs that go beyond the rhetoric. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006198.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:51 EDT Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday became the second leader to publicly denounce the final declaration all 34 hemispheric leaders are supposed to sign at the conclusion of the Fifth Summit of the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006021.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006021.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:33 EDT The first full day of the Summit of the Americas began with a gift during President Barack Obama's Saturday morning meeting with Andean nations: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez walked over to Obama and handed him a book, in Spanish. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006382.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006382.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:00 EDT In order to dig out of the global economic crisis and ensure peace and security in the future, nations must join forces to deliver collective solutions to common problems, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told hemispheric leaders Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1005574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1005574.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Presidents Barack Obama and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela took the stage at the hemispheric gathering here like boxers in a much-anticipated bout. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006165.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:38 EDT Closer relations between Venezuela and the United States are no doubt coming soon, President Hugo Chávez said Saturday, adding that the two countries may soon return each other's ambassadors to their posts. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1004639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1004639.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:05 EDT Caribbean leaders spent Friday morning and early afternoon huddled behind closed doors to discuss a variety of issues they hope to address with President Barack Obama following his late-afternoon arrival here. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1002947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1002947.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:48 EDT Venezuela ''will veto'' the final declaration due to be issued by this weekend's Fifth Summit of the Americas in neighboring Trinidad and Tobago, President Hugo Chávez said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003562.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:04 EDT Ever wonder whether anything actually comes out of these presidential summits? A new report by the Active Democracy Network says Latin American nations are slow at showing results and have suffered ''worrying setbacks'' when it comes to following up on summit mandates. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003913.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003913.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT President Barack Obama asked Havana to make the next move to improve U.S.-Cuba relations, saying Thursday that he needs to see signs of changes on the island before he makes any more overtures. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001798.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:33 EDT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Obama administration is reviewing a U.S. policy of deporting undocumented Haitians and left open the possibility of expanding travel to Havana beyond the families of Cuban exiles in the United States. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001762.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001762.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:59 EDT Academics, activists and educators get a head start on Summit of the Americas issues. Poverty. Climate change. Public safety. Never mind the other hot topic -- Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005929.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005929.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:16 EDT Prime Minister Patrick Manning last night set the tone for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, when he called on leaders to be politically mature and not allow any one subject to cause discord, as he made reference to the contentious issue of the US trade embargo against Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005930.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005930.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:19 EDT In a 16-minute address punctuated by applause, United States President Barack Obama called on leaders of the Americas not to become "prisoners of past disagreements", but instead to look forward to a new beginning and to commit themselves to a new set of rules of engagement. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005924.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:13 EDT "I want to be your friend," tough-talking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told US President Barack Obama yesterday, when both men came face to face minutes before the formal opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005939.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005939.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:33 EDT An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards protesting the Fifth Summit of the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005934.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:25 EDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proved to be a highlight during the arrivals of the Heads of State/Government to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain for the Fifth Summit of the Americas yesterday, as he spoke to reporters gathered outside its entrance while US President Barack Obama entered through a back entrance. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005933.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005933.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:22 EDT Disappointment marked many faces of fans who, having for hours awaited the arrival of US President Barack Obama at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port of Spain yesterday, were finally cheated of the opportunity of seeing him. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004316.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004316.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:57 EDT Many people were disappointed yesterday as news spread that US First Lady Michelle Obama would not be coming to Trinidad and Tobago with her husband, US President Barack Obama, for the Fifth Summit of the Americas which opens today. The next top spouse, it appears, will be the only First Gentleman coming to Trinidad - Nestor Carlos Kirchner. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004315.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004315.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:55 EDT When the Heads of State/Government meet for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain this weekend, many people would be sunbathing along the nation's coastline. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004314.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004314.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:52 EDT Piarco and Oropune villagers will be involuntarily confined to their homes this weekend after the Summit Secretariat failed to ensure that everyone living in these areas received accreditation to move freely in their communities during the Fifth Summit of the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004311.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:49 EDT "We are ready. We are anxious. But we are ready," Communications Coordinator Felipe Noguera said Thursday as the National Secretariat for the Fifth Summit of the Americas prepared for the biggest event this country has ever hosted, which starts Friday http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1002880.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1002880.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:27 EDT By Barack Obama Thursday, April 16th 2009 As we approach the Summit of the Americas, our hemisphere is faced with a clear choice. We can overcome our shared challenges with a sense of common purpose, or we can stay mired in the old debates of the past. For the sake of all our people, we must choose the future. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1003377.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1003377.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:28 EDT A meeting between US President Barack Obama and all Caricom leaders is being organised "tentatively" for tomorrow night, after the opening ceremony of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Government sources said yesterday. The exact time is still to be decided. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321125.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321116.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting current Cuba policy, which embargo-supporters say effectively means that a bill to open Cuba to tourists is dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319257.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319257.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic -- Maximiliano Calcaño is 2 and was born with no arms.<p/> ``When I was pregnant, I was dizzy, vomiting and could barely walk,'' said Maximiliano's mother, Anajai Calcaño, 20. ``My tooth cracked and fell out. Then my baby was born like that, without arms. Nothing like that had ever happened here before.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319391.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02 EST Subversive reggaetoneros Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, while elderly Cuban diva Omara Portuondo made history by not only being the first Cuban artist from the island to appear on the telecast, but the first to win an award on the air. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319259.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319259.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An outspoken critic of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Honduras late Thursday dropped his opposition to two State Department nominees, saying the administration has reversed course. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1317313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1317313.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00 EST A U.S.-mediated pact reached last week that aims to return deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to office and end the country's destabilizing political crisis is in danger of unraveling as Honduras' Congress takes its time to consider the deal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1315618.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1315618.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:09 EST A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314857.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314857.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Miami dentist set up a drop-off spot on Flagler Street in Little Havana. A Broward business owner donated thousands of dollars to build soy processing factories. And a West Palm Beach church plans to ship food. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314871.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:49 EST When the Latin Grammy Awards are presented for the 10th time on Thursday, there will be plenty of cause for celebration.<p/> The awards, which honor the top musical artists throughout the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, are extremely popular. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1313144.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1313144.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The scene outside the U.S. Embassy last week illustrated fraying tensions in this capital where the Sandinista government has been maneuvering for reelection: Agitated pro-government youths hurled fireworks, rocks and eggs at the embassy grounds and shouted ``Death to the Yankees! Death to the empire!'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1310360.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1310360.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Cillian Twomey is an eminent doctor, a geriatrician in his native Ireland. So what is he doing here, in this bleak, sweltering Haitian border town? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1310373.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1310373.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Whether it's called an ``arms race'' or a ``coincidental modernization'' of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin American nations is causing neighbors to watch each other with growing mistrust and fear. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321116.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting current Cuba policy, which embargo-supporters say effectively means that a bill to open Cuba to tourists is dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321125.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1320034.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1320034.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:52 EST Sixteen Cuban crewmen were stranded Thursday in a backwater African port, with little cash and owed up to 11 months of salary, after their cargo ship began listing with a possibly illegal lumber cargo aboard. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1319270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1319270.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Miami sports agent sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban prison for trying to help Orlando ``El Duque'' Hernández and other baseball stars defect has been freed and will fly home Friday, his former business partner said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1317311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1317311.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Two Czech tourists arrested in March after they shouted insulting remarks about Fidel and Raúl Castro during a scuffle at Havana's international airport will be tried next week, diplomatic sources confirmed Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1313282.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1313282.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuban purchases of U.S. food will fall by at least a third this year as the island slashes imports to stabilize an ever-weak economy further hammered by the global economic crisis, a top trade official said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1305759.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1305759.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The United States found itself up against virtually the entire world Wednesday as country after country at the United Nations denounced the nearly 50-year-old trade embargo against Cuba, which the island government says is as strong as ever under President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1304960.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1304960.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:19 EDT The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba's free-market "agros" - farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere on the shortage-plagued island. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1303480.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1303480.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:59 EDT Charles Shapiro, the senior advisor for economic initiatives in the State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, is slated to be among the dozens of speakers at a three-day conference starting Wednesday in Miami Beach on Cuba and other international issues. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1300821.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1300821.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:22 EDT Juanita Castro was recruited by the CIA in 1961 through her friend Virginia Leitao de Cunha, wife of the Brazilian ambassador in Havana, but refused to conspire in any attempts on the lives of her brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1300032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1300032.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raúl Castro, cooperated with the CIA in the 1960s -- a time when the U.S. agency was plotting to assassinate Fidel and overthrow his revolution -- according to an exclusive Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her newly published book. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1294072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1294072.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT A new poll of Cuban Americans shows a strong majority favor allowing all Americans to travel to the island, a major shift from a 2002 survey that showed only a minority supporting the change, the Bendixen & Associates polling firm reported. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1323199.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1323199.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:10 EST President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1322671.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1322671.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Mientras que una sequía ha puesto a Caracas bajo un estricto racionamiento de agua por primera vez en años, para los venezolanos de este barrio miseria en un cerro la situación no es nueva. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1321326.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1321326.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:16 EST While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1321032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1321032.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST La oposición venezolana denunció el viernes que el nuevo ministro de Energía Eléctrica,Angel Rodríguez, ``toma de manera ilegal'' electricidad de un poste público, en medio de una crisis del sector que afecta con continuos y prolongados apagones a casi todo el país. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1321031.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1321031.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST La tensión entre Colombia y Venezuela aumentó tras la firma de un acuerdo militar entre Bogotá y Washington, momento en que el gobierno de Hugo Chávez avivó sus críticas hacia el país vecino y ordenó desplegar 15,000 militares en Estados fronterizos para proteger su territorio. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1320296.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1320296.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19 EST Los programas de cooperación de Venezuela con Cuba sumaron casi 1,500 millones de dólares en 2009, informó el ministro de Comercio Exterior de la isla, Rodrigo Malmierca, citado hoy por medios oficiales. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1319202.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1319202.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00 EST El embajador de Estados Unidos en Colombia, William Bronwfield, negó este jueves que su país esté implicado en la violencia que se registra en la frontera colombo-venezolana, como lo aseguró el canciller de Caracas, Nicolás Maduro. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1319032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1319032.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:55 EST President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1318422.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1318422.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20 EST Venezuela incrementó la presencia de efectivos militares en su frontera con Colombia, informó este jueves el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Caracas, Nicolás Maduro, a propósito de la firma del acuerdo que suscribieron recientemente Bogotá y Washington. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1317290.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1317290.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:05 EST El ex presidente colombiano Ernesto Samper advirtió que hay una "situación de preguerra'' con Venezuela por el mal manejo que se le ha dado al acuerdo militar firmado con EEUU para el uso de bases militares y la falta de comunicación entre los dos gobiernos. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1317074.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1317074.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST El gobierno calificó el miércoles de ``suma gravedad'' hipótesis que indican que nueve colombianos asesinados hace 11 días en territorio venezolano eran paramilitares. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1316840.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1316840.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:05 EST Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007154.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007154.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:55 EDT Prime Minister Patrick Manning is expected to give an important "recognition" nod on Cuba today as a "family member" of the Caribbean-Latin America region. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007156.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007156.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT The Calypso King of the World, Mighty Sparrow, will headline today's Summit of Culture taking place at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007165.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:08 EDT The United States "must break away from the concept of viewing us as its backyard," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007160.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007160.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:05 EDT President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America's hemispheric neighbours yesterday, listening to complaints about past US meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela's leftist leader. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007159.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007159.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:02 EDT Although Canada feels that the US trade embargo against Cuba is not the way to go, its removal is ultimately a matter between Cuba and the United States, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007155.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007155.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:57 EDT Riot police inadvertently ensured the success of an anti-summit event in St James Saturday afternoon. After they tried to stop the gathering, hundreds more people came out to support the demonstrators' right to protest.