President to attend OAS talks

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Bush is scheduled to appear June 6 in Fort Lauderdale.

By Jean-Paul Renaud
and Rafael Lorente Staff Writers
Posted May 28 2005

President Bush will attend the Organization of American States General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale next month, the White House announced Friday, while in federal court protesters won a permit to demonstrate near the Broward County Convention Center during the gathering.

Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and foreign ministers from 33 other Western Hemisphere nations will gather June 5 to 7 at the Convention Center to discuss problems in the region and talk about promoting democracy, economic development and human rights.

Bush will arrive at the conference on June 6 and is expected to promote the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement in remarks to the assembly.

At the meeting the United States also is expected to propose a resolution that would create a committee to monitor the quality of democracy in the region. <snip>

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