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President Obama:
Thank you. Buenas tardes.
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It is a wonderful honor to
be here in Santiago, Chile.
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And I want to, first of
all, thank your President,
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President PiĂąera, for his
outstanding leadership and the
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hospitality that he's extended
not only to me but also to my
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wife, my daughters, and, most
importantly, my mother-in-law.
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(laughter)
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To the people of Santiago,
to the people of Chile,
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thank you so much for
your wonderful welcome.
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And on behalf of the people
of the United States,
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let me thank you for your
friendship and the strong
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bonds between our people.
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There are several people
that I just want to
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acknowledge very briefly.
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We have the President of the
Inter-American Development Bank,
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Luis Alberto
Moreno, who is here.
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(applause)
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We also have Alicia BĂĄrcena, who
is the Executive Secretary of
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the Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean.
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(applause)
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Throughout our history,
this land has been called
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"el fin de la tierra"
-- the end of the world.
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But I've come here today because
in the 21st century this nation
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is a vital part of our
interconnected world.
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In an age when peoples are
intertwined like never before,
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Chile shows that we need not be
divided by race or religion or
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ethnic conflict.
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You've welcomed immigrants from
every corner of the globe,
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even as you celebrate a
proud indigenous heritage.
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At a time when people around the
world are reaching for their
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freedoms, Chile shows that, yes,
it is possible to transition
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from dictatorship to democracy
-- and to do so peacefully.
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Indeed, our marvelous
surroundings today,
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just steps from where Chile
lost its democracy decades ago,
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is a testament to Chile's
progress and its undying
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democratic spirit.
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Despite barriers of
distance and geography,
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you've integrated Chile
into the global economy,
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trading with countries
all over the world and,
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in this Internet age, becoming
the most digitally connected
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country in Latin America.
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And in a world of sometimes
wrenching pain -- as we're
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seeing today in Japan -- it is
the character of this country
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that inspires.
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"Our original guiding
stars," said Pablo Neruda,
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"are struggle and hope."
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But, he added, "there is no
such thing as a lone struggle,
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no such thing as a lone hope."
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The Chilean people have
shown this time and again,
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including your recovery from
the terrible earthquake here
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one year ago.
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Credit for Chile's success
belongs to the Chilean people,
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whose courage, sacrifices and
perseverance built this nation
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into the leader that it is.
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And we are very honored to be
joined today by four leaders who
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have guided this nation through
years of great progress --
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Presidents Aylwin, Frei, Lagos,
and of course your current
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President Pinera.
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Thank you all, to the former
Presidents, for being here,
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as well as President Pinera.
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(applause)
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So I could not imagine a more
fitting place to discuss the
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new era of partnership that the
United States is pursuing not
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only with Chile, but
across the Americas.
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And I'm grateful that we're
joined by leaders and members
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of the diplomatic corps
from across the region.
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Within my first
100 days in office,
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one of my first foreign
trips as President,
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I traveled to Trinidad and
Tobago to meet with leaders
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from across the hemisphere at
the Summit of the Americas.
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And there, I pledged to seek
partnerships of equality and
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shared responsibility, based
on mutual interest and mutual
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respect, but also
on shared values.
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Now, I know I'm not the first
president from the United States
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to pledge a new spirit of
partnership with our
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Latin American neighbors.
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Words are easy, and I know that
there have been times where
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perhaps the United States
took this region for granted.
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Even now, I know our headlines
are often dominated by events
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in other parts of the world.
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But let's never
forget: Every day,
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the future is being forged by
the countries and peoples of
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Latin America.
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For Latin America is not the old
stereotype of a region of -- in
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perpetual conflict or trapped
in endless cycles of poverty.
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The world must now recognize
Latin America for the dynamic
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and growing region
that it truly is.
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Latin America is at peace.
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Civil wars have ended.
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Insurgencies have
been pushed back.
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Old border disputes
have been resolved.
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In Colombia, great sacrifices
by citizens and security forces
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have restored a level of
security not seen in decades.
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And just as old
conflicts have receded,
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so too have the ideological
battles that often fueled
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them -- the old stale debates
between state-run economies
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and unbridled capitalism;
between the abuses of right-wing
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paramilitaries and
left-wing insurgents;
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between those who believe that
the United States causes all the
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region's problems and those who
believe that the United States
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ignores all the problems.
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Those are false choices,
and they don't reflect
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today's realities.
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Today, Latin America
is democratic.
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Virtually all the people of
Latin America have gone from
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living under dictatorships
to living in democracies.
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Across the region, we
see vibrant democracies,
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from Mexico to
Chile to Costa Rica.
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We've seen historic peaceful
transfers of power,
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from El Salvador to
Uruguay to Paraguay.
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The work of perfecting our
democracies, of course,
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is never truly done, but this is
the outstanding progress that's
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been made here in the Americas.
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Today, Latin America is growing.
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Having made tough but
necessary reforms,
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nations like Peru and Brazil
are seeing impressive growth.
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As a result, Latin America
weathered the global economic
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downturn better
than other regions.
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Across the region, tens of
millions of people have been
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lifted from extreme poverty.
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From Guadalajara to
Santiago to Sao Paolo,
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a new middle class is demanding
more of themselves and more of
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their governments.
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Latin America is coming together
to address shared challenges.
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Chile, Colombia and Mexico are
sharing their expertise in
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security with nations
in Central America.
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When a coup in Honduras
threatened democratic progress,
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the nations of the hemisphere
unanimously invoked the
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Inter-American
Democratic Charter,
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helping to lay the foundation
for the return to the rule of law.
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The contributions of Latin
American countries have been
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critical in Haiti, as has Latin
American diplomacy in the lead
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up to yesterday's
election in Haiti.
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And increasingly, Latin America
is contributing to global
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prosperity and security.
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As longtime contributors to
United Nations peacekeeping
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missions, Latin American nations
have helped to prevent conflicts
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from Africa to Asia.
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At the G20, nations
like Mexico, Brazil,
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Argentina now have a
greater voice in global
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economic decision-making.
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Under Mexican leadership, the
world made progress at Cancun
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in our efforts to
combat climate change.
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Nations like Chile have played
a leading role in strengthening
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civil society groups
around the world.
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So this is the Latin America
that I see today -- a region on
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the move, proud of its progress,
and ready to assume a greater
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role in world affairs.
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And for all these reasons, I
believe that Latin America is
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more important to the prosperity
and security of the United
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States than ever before.
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With no other region does
the United States have so
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many connections.
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And nowhere do we see that more
than in the tens of millions of
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Hispanic Americans
across the United States,
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who enrich our society, grow
our economy and strengthen our
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nation every single day.
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And I believe Latin America
is only going to become more
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important to the United States,
especially to our economy.
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Trade between the United States
and Latin America has surged.
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We buy more of your products,
more of your goods than any
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other country, and we invest
more in this region than any
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other country.
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For instance, we export more
than three times as much to
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Latin America as we do to China.
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Our exports to this region --
which are growing faster than
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our exports to the rest of the
world -- will soon support more
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than 2 million U.S. jobs.
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In other words, when Latin
America is more prosperous,
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the United States
is more prosperous.
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But even more than interests,
we're bound by shared values.
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In each other's journey we
see reflections of our own.
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Colonists who broke
free from empires.
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Pioneers who opened
new frontiers.
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Citizens who have struggled to
expand our nations' promise to
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all people -- men and women,
white, black and brown.
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We're people of faith who must
remember that all of us --
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especially the most fortunate
among us -- must do our part,
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especially for the
least among us.
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We're citizens who know that
ensuring that democracies
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deliver for our people
must be the work of all.
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This is our common history.
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This is our common heritage.
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We are all Americans.
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Todos somos Americanos.
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Across the Americas, parents
want their children to be able
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to run and play and know that
they'll come home safely.
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Young people all desperately
want an education.
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Fathers want the dignity
that comes from work,
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and women want the same
opportunities as their husbands.
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Entrepreneurs want the chance
to start that new business.
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And people everywhere want to
be treated with the respect to
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which every human
being is entitled.
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These are the hopes -- simple
yet profound -- that beat in the
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hearts of millions
across the Americas.
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But if we're honest, we'll also
admit that that these dreams are
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still beyond the
reach of too many;
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that progress in the Americas
has not come fast enough.
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Not for the millions who
endure the injustice of
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extreme poverty.
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Not for the children in
shantytowns and the favelas
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who just want the same
chance as everybody else.
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Not for the communities that are
caught in the brutal grips of
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cartels and gangs, where the
police are outgunned and too
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many people live in fear.
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And despite this region's
democratic progress,
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stark inequalities endure.
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In political and economic power
that is too often concentrated
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in the hands of the few,
instead of serving the many.
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In the corruption that too often
still stifles economic growth
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and development, innovation
and entrepreneurship.
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And in some leaders who cling to
bankrupt ideologies to justify
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their own power and who seek to
silence their opponents because
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those opponents have the
audacity to demand their
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universal rights.
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These, too, are realities
that we must face.
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Of course, we are not the
first generation to face
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these challenges.
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Fifty years ago this month,
President John F. Kennedy
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proposed an ambitious
Alliance for Progress.
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It was, even by
today's standards,
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a massive investment --
billions of U.S. dollars
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to meet the basic needs
of people across the region.
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Such a program was right -- it
was appropriate for that era.
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But the realities of our time
-- and the new capabilities and
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confidence of Latin America --
demand something different.
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President Kennedy's challenge
endures -- "to build a
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hemisphere where all people
can hope for a sustainable,
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suitable standard of living and
all can live out their lives in
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dignity and in freedom."
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But half a century later, we
must give meaning to this work
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in our own way, in a new way.
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I believe that in
the Americas today,
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there are no senior partners and
there are no junior partners,
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there are only equal partners.
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Of course, equal
partnerships, in turn,
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demands a sense of
shared responsibility.
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We have obligations
to each other.
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And today, the United States is
working with the nations of this
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hemisphere to meet
our responsibilities
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in several key areas.
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First, we're partnering to
address the concerns that people
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across the Americas say they
worry about the most -- and
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that's the security of their
families and communities.
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Criminal gangs and
narco-traffickers are
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not only a threat to the
security of our citizens.
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They're a threat to development,
because they scare away
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investment that economies
need to prosper.
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And they are a direct
threat to democracy,
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because they fuel the
corruption that rots
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institutions from within.
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So with our partners from
Colombia to Mexico and new
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regional initiatives in Central
America and the Caribbean,
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we're confronting this
challenge, together,
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from every direction.
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We've increased our
support -- the equipment,
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training and technologies
-- that security forces,
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border security and police
need to keep communities safe.
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We're improving coordination and
sharing more information so that
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those who traffic in drugs
and in human beings have
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fewer places to hide.
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And we're putting unprecedented
pressure on cartel finances,
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including in the United States.
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But we'll never break the grip
of the cartels and the gangs
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unless we also address the
social and economic forces
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that fuel criminality.
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We need to reach at-risk
youth before they turn to
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drugs and crime.
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So we're joining with partners
across the Americas to expand
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community-based policing,
strengthen juvenile justice
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systems, and invest in crime
and drug prevention programs.
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As the nations of Central
American develop a new regional
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security strategy, the United
States stands ready to do our
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part through a new partnership
that puts the focus where it
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should be -- on the
security of citizens.
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And with regional and
international partners,
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we'll make sure our support
is not just well-intentioned,
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but is well-coordinated
and well-spent.
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I've said before
and I will repeat,
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as President I've made it clear
that the United States shares
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and accepts our share
of responsibility for
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drug violence.
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After all, the demand for drugs,
including in the United States,
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drives this crisis.
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And that's why we've developed a
new drug control strategy that
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focused on reducing the demand
for drugs through education and
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prevention and treatment.
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And I would point out that even
during difficult fiscal times in
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the United States; we've
proposed increasing our
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commitment to these efforts by
some $10 billion this year alone.
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We're also doing more to stem
the southbound flow of guns
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into the region.
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We're screening all
southbound rail cargo.
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We're seizing many more guns
bound for Mexico and we're
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putting more
gunrunners behind bars.
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And every gun or gunrunner that
we take off the streets is one
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less threat to the families and
communities of the Americas.
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As we work to ensure the
security of our citizens,
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we're partnering in a second
area -- and that's promoting
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prosperity and opportunity.
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I've been so impressed with
President Pinera's pledge to
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lift everyone out of
extreme poverty by 2020.
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That's an ambitious goal
and an appropriate goal.
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And with this trip, I'm working
to expand some of the trade and
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investment that might
help achieve this goal.
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Across the region, we're
moving ahead with "open skies"
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agreements to bring our people
and businesses closer together.
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We're moving forward with our
Trans-Pacific Partnership --
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which includes Chile and
Peru -- to create new trade
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opportunities in the
fast-growing markets
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of the Asia-Pacific.
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And as I've directed, my
administration has intensified
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our efforts to move forward on
trade agreements with Panama and
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Colombia, consistent with our
values and with our interests.
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We're also encouraging
the next generation of
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businesses and entrepreneurs.
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So we'll work with the
Inter-American Development
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bank to increase lending.
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We've expanded credit under a
new Microfinance Growth Fund
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for the Americas.
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We're supporting
reforms to tax systems,
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which are critical for economic
growth and public investment.
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We're creating new "Pathways
to Prosperity" -- microcredit,
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entrepreneurship training -- for
those who must share in economic
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growth, including women and
members of Afro-Caribbean and
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indigenous communities.
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And we're coming
together, as a hemisphere,
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to create clean energy jobs
and pursue more secure and
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sustainable energy futures.
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And if anybody doubts the
urgency of climate change,
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they look -- they should look
no further than the Americas --
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from the stronger
storms in the Caribbean,
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to glacier melt in the Andes, to
the loss of forests and farmland
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across the region.
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Under the Energy and Climate
Partnership of the Americas that
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I proposed, countries
have stepped forward,
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each providing
leadership and expertise.
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Brazil has expertise
in biofuels.
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Chile in geothermal.
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Mexico on energy efficiency.
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El Salvador is connecting grids
in Central America to make
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electricity more reliable.
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These are exactly the kind of
partnerships that we need --
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neighbors joining with neighbors
to unleash the progress that
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none of us can achieve alone.
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It's the same philosophy behind
two additional initiatives that
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I'm announcing today, which will
help our countries educate and
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innovate for the future.
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First, we're launching a new
initiative to harness the power
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of social media and online
networks to help students,
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scientists, academics and
entrepreneurs collaborate and
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develop the new ideas and
products that will keep America
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-- the Americas competitive
in a global economy.
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And I'm proud to announce that
the United States will work with
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partners in this region,
including the private sector,
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to increase the number of U.S.
students studying in Latin
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America to 100,000, and the
number of Latin America students
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studying in the United
States to 100,000.
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Staying competitive
also, of course,
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demands that we address
immigration -- an issue that
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evokes great passions in
the United States as well
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as in the Americas.
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As President, I've made it clear
that immigration strengthens the
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United States.
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We are a nation of immigrants,
which is why I have consistently
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spoken out against
anti-immigrant sentiment.
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We're also a nation of laws,
which is why I will not waver in
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my determination to fix our
broken immigration system.
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I'm committed to comprehensive
reform that secures our borders,
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enforces our laws and addresses
the millions of undocumented
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workers who are living in the
shadows of the United States.
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I believe, though, that this
challenge will be with us for a
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very long time so long as people
believe that the only way to
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provide for their families
is to leave their families
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and head north.
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And that's why the United States
has to continue to partner with
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countries that pursue the
broad-based economic growth that
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gives people and nations
a path out of poverty.
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And that's what we're
seeing here in Chile.
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As part of our new
approach to development,
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we're working with partners,
like Guatemala and El Salvador,
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who are committed to building
their own capacity -- from
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helping farmers improve crop
yields to helping health care
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systems to deliver better care.
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Which leads me to the final
area where we must continue
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to partner, and that's
strengthening democracy
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and human rights.
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More than 60 years ago, our
nations came together in an
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Organization of American States
and declared -- and I quote --
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that "representative democracy
is an indispensable condition
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for the stability, peace and
development of the region."
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A decade ago, we
reaffirmed this principle,
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with an Inter-American
Democratic Charter that stated
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-- and I quote -- "the people
of the Americas have a right to
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democracy and their governments
have an obligation to promote
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and defend it."
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Across the Americas,
generations,
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including generations
of Chileans,
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have struggled and sacrificed to
give meaning to these words --
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ordinary men and women who
dared to speak their mind;
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activists who organized
new movements;
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faith leaders who
preached social justice;
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the mothers of the disappeared
who demanded the truth;
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political prisoners who rose
to become presidents; and,
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even now, Las Damas de Blanco,
who march in quiet dignity.
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The people of the Americas
have shown that there is no
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substitute for democracy.
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As governments, we have then
an obligation to defend what
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has been won.
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So as we mark the 10th
anniversary of the
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Inter-American Democratic
Charter this year,
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let's reaffirm the principles
that we know to be true.
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Let's recommit to defending
democracy and human rights
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in our own countries by
strengthening the institutions
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that democracy needs to flourish
-- free and fair elections in
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which people choose
their own leaders;
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vibrant legislatures
that provide oversight;
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independent judiciaries that
uphold the rule of law;
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a free press that
promotes open debate;
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professional militaries
under civilian control;
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strong civil societies that
hold governments accountable;
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and governments that are
transparent and responsive
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to their citizens.
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This is what makes a democracy.
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And just as we defend democracy
and human rights within our
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borders, let's recommit
to defending them across
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our hemisphere.
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I understand, every nation
will follow its own path.
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No nation should impose
its will on another.
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But surely we can agree that
democracy is about more than
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majority rule, that simply
holding power does not give a
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leader the right to suppress
the rights of others,
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and that leaders must maintain
power through consent,
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and not coercion.
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We have to speak out when we
see those principles violated.
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Let's never waver in our support
for the rights of people to
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determine their own
future -- and, yes,
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that includes the
people of Cuba.
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Since taking office, I've
announced the most significant
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changes to my nation's policy
towards Cuba in decades.
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I've made it possible for Cuban
Americans to visit and support
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their families in Cuba.
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We're allowing Americans to
send remittances that bring
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some economic hope for
people across Cuba,
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as well as more independence
from Cuban authorities.
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Going forward, we'll continue
to seek ways to increase the
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independence of
the Cuban people,
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who I believe are entitled to
the same freedom and liberty as
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everyone else in
this hemisphere.
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I will make this effort to try
to break out of this history
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that's now lasted for longer
than I've been alive.
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But Cuban authorities must take
some meaningful actions to
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respect the basic rights of
their own people -- not because
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the United States
insists upon it,
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but because the people
of Cuba deserve it,
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no less than the people of the
United States or Chile or Brazil
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or any other country deserve it.
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The lessons of Latin
America, I believe,
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can be a guide -- a guide for
people around the world who are
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beginning their own
journeys toward democracy.
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There is no one model for
democratic transitions.
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But as this region knows,
successful transitions do
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have certain ingredients.
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The moral force of nonviolence.
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Dialogue that's
open and inclusive.
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The protection of basic
rights, such as peaceful
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expression and assembly.
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Accountability for past wrongs.
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And matching political
reform with economic reform,
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because democracy must
meet the basic needs and
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aspirations of people.
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With decades of experience,
there's so much Latin America
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can now share -- how to build
political parties and organize
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free elections; how to ensure
peaceful transfers of power;
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how to navigate the
winding paths of reform
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and reconciliation.
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And when the inevitable
setbacks occur,
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you can remind people to
never lose sight of those
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guiding stars of which Pablo
Neruda spoke -- struggle,
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but also hope.
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Security for our citizens.
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Trade and development
that creates jobs,
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prosperity and a
clean energy future.
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Standing up for democracy
and human rights.
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These are the partnerships that
we can forge together -- here in
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the Americas but also
around the world.
487
00:29:55,367 --> 00:29:57,637
And if anyone doubts whether
this region has the capacity to
488
00:29:57,633 --> 00:30:01,103
meet these challenges, they need
to only remember what happened
489
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:06,530
here in Chile only
a few months ago.
490
00:30:06,533 --> 00:30:11,103
Their resolve and faith
inspired the world --
491
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:16,470
"Los Treinta y Tres."
492
00:30:16,467 --> 00:30:19,197
I don't need to
tell you the story.
493
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,600
You know it well.
494
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,500
But it's worth remembering
how this entire nation came
495
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,900
together, across government,
civilian and military,
496
00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:31,370
national and local;
across the private sector,
497
00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:37,837
with large companies and small
shopkeepers donating supplies;
498
00:30:37,834 --> 00:30:41,604
and across every segment
of Chilean society,
499
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,030
people came together to sustain
those men down below and their
500
00:30:45,033 --> 00:30:50,503
families up at Camp Esperanza.
501
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,900
It was a miraculous rescue.
502
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:56,400
It was a tribute to
Chilean leadership.
503
00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:02,370
And when, finally,
Luis Urzua emerged,
504
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:05,097
he spoke for an entire
nation when he said,
505
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:11,430
"I am proud to be Chilean."
506
00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:14,763
Yet something else happened
in those two months.
507
00:31:14,767 --> 00:31:18,197
The people and governments of
Latin America came together to
508
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,630
stand with a neighbor in need.
509
00:31:21,633 --> 00:31:24,563
And with a Latin American
country in the lead,
510
00:31:24,567 --> 00:31:28,697
the world was proud to play
a supporting role -- sending
511
00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:31,770
workers from the United
States and Canada,
512
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:36,997
rescue equipment from Europe,
communications gear from Asia.
513
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,830
And as the miners
were lifted to safety,
514
00:31:40,834 --> 00:31:47,534
for those joyous reunions, it
was a truly global movement,
515
00:31:47,533 --> 00:31:53,633
watched and celebrated by
more than a billion people.
516
00:31:53,633 --> 00:32:01,203
If ever we needed a reminder of
the humanity and the hopes that
517
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:09,070
we share, that moment
in the desert was such.
518
00:32:09,066 --> 00:32:12,466
When a country like Chile
puts its mind to it,
519
00:32:12,467 --> 00:32:14,897
there's nothing you can't do.
520
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:17,230
When countries across Latin
America come together and focus
521
00:32:17,233 --> 00:32:20,063
on a common goal, when the
United States and others in
522
00:32:20,066 --> 00:32:22,636
the world do our part,
there's nothing we can't
523
00:32:22,633 --> 00:32:26,663
accomplish together.
524
00:32:26,667 --> 00:32:30,767
And that is our vision
of the Americas.
525
00:32:30,767 --> 00:32:34,137
This is the progress we
can achieve together.
526
00:32:34,133 --> 00:32:36,803
This is the spirit of
partnership and equality
527
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,900
to which the United
States is committed.
528
00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,230
I am confident that,
working together,
529
00:32:43,233 --> 00:32:45,233
there is nothing
we cannot achieve.
530
00:32:45,233 --> 00:32:46,163
Thank you very much.
531
00:32:46,166 --> 00:32:47,496
Muchas gracias.
