He noted his frequent travels to the region, but also his work to enact trade agreements. "In order to defeat that attitude, I came to Central and South America a lot as president ... More important than trips, though, is policy. ... So in other words, the record speaks about our deep desire to be good neighbors, and to have friends." Bush and eight of the other leaders at the Lima meetings were also in Washington last weekend when the Group of 20, consisting of the world's richest countries and emerging powers such as China, Russia and Brazil, adopted a package of measures aimed at keeping the current crisis from pushing the global economy into a deep and prolonged recession. Full Article at Miami Herald