While there is very little English language coverage of the Community of Andean Nations summit in Lima, BBC Mundo has a huge special feature on the region that they just published today. If you read Spanish and have time, they've put together quite the presentation with interviews, analysis, etc.
For those who only read English, unfortunately, the only coverage currently is from Cuba's ever wonderful Prensa Latina. If there's coverage from a real news source tomorrow morning, I'll post an update or link to it on the side.
UPDATE (5:30AM, July 19): Sad when the only English language coverage I can find online is coming from Prensa Latina and Ireland Online. The Ireland Online article outlines some of President Chavez's proposals now that he has the rotating presidency of the CAN. There are some other articles out there from AP and other wire services, but no websites have picked them up yet. Probably this afternoon.
Also, BBC Mundo has two articles on meeting between the presidents and some of the issues discussed including Venezuela's push for an energy alliance.
UPDATE 2 (July 21): Welcome Global Voices readers. Very little English news ever appeared, but a few other stories in Spanish I didn't link to previously:
Counter-narcotics were also on the agenda. Chavez donated one million to the CAN. And backroom negotiations between Venezuela and Ecuador caused a bit of media buzz.
Now negotiators from the Andean Region have moved on to Miami to discuss free trade with the US.
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