(L to R) The presidents of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez; Bolivia, Evo Morales; Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez; Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva; Ecuador, Rafael Correa and Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, before the signing of the Bank of the South in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

(L to R) The presidents of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez; Bolivia, Evo Morales; Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez; Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva; Ecuador, Rafael Correa and Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, before the signing of the Bank of the South in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009.

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  2. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet wave at the press at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
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  6. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (2-L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (L) review a guard of honour on their arrival at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
  7. Bolivian President Evo Morales arrives in Cocapata, near Cochabamba, October 26 ,2009. Morales, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday, is campaigning for a re-election ahead of a December vote.
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  9. Bolivian President Evo Morales (L) is congratulated by a supporter during a rally in Batallas near La Paz October 26, 2009. Morales, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday, is campaigning for a re-election ahead of a December vote.
  10. Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) blows out the candles on a cake offered by high ranking military officers to celebrate his 50th birthday in La Paz October 26, 2009. Next to Morales is Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera.
  11. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales (C), greets supporters during celebrations for his 50th birthday in the Aymara community of Batallas, 70 km from La Paz on October 26, 2009. Morales was proclaimed, by villagers and by Andean authorities known as 'mallkus', as presidential candidate for December's election.
  12. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales (C), greets supporters during celebrations for his 50th birthday in the Aymara community of Batallas, 70 km from La Paz on October 26, 2009. Morales was proclaimed, by villagers and by Andean authorities known as 'mallkus', as presidential candidate for December's election.
  13. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) gives a press conference flanked by Brazilian minister Dilma Roussef prior to a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva (not pictured) on November 14, 2009 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. Lula arrived in Europe on November 14 to attend a UN food agency meeting in Rome and discuss climate change and military jets in Paris, to boost Brazil's air force's capabilities of patrolling the Amazon and offshore oil fields.
  14. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva delivers a speech during an agreement sign ceremony with Israel's President Shimon Peres at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on November 11, 2009. Peres is on four-day official visit to Brazil.
  15. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva delivers a speech during an attends an agreement sign ceremony with Israel's President Shimon Peres (out of frame) at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on November 11, 2009. Peres is on four-day official visit to Brazil.
  16. Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivers his keynote speech at the London 'FT Investing in Brazil Summit' in central London, on November 5, 2009. Brazilian President Lula Inacio da Silva arrived in Britain Wednesday for a two-day visit to drum up investment and have an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Lula also met Prime Minister Gordon Brown and will receive an award from the prestigious Chatham House think-tank for making 'the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations' over the past year.

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