西半球国家领导人会议已结束，但由于领导人未能就古巴是否参加下届峰会的问题达成一致，会议并未发布联合声明。拉美国家希望邀请古巴参加下届的美洲峰会，但美国和加拿大表示反对。共产主义古巴被排除在美洲国家组织之外，峰会是美洲国家50年前成立的。议程主题包括是否支持阿根廷对福克兰岛屿的所有权，哥伦比亚总统Juan Manuel Santos称这使得协议难以达成。

"Who thought that an agreement would be reached here about the Falklands and Cuba? We all knew there would be no agreements, so there are no negative surprises."

“谁会想到，能够达成福克兰和古巴的协议呢？我们知道不可能达成协议的，所以没什么意外的。”

The two main contenders for the French presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, have staged competing rallies in the run-up to next week's election. Mr Sarkozy warned that a victory by Mr Hollande would damage the economy. Mr Hollande accused the president of encouraging financial speculation to boost his political ends. A BBC correspondent says both candidates try to appeal to the 30% of the electorate which, polls say, may abstain.

法国总统职位两大竞争者萨科奇和社会党竞争者弗朗索瓦·奥朗德即将参加下周选举预选。萨科奇警告说，如果奥朗德获胜，就会损害本国经济。奥朗德指责萨科奇鼓励金融投机以实现自己的政治目的。BBC记者说，两位领导人都在争取可能弃权的30%的选民。