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Panama is the site of The Summit of the Americas. It`s an international meeting being held today and tomorrow in Panama City, the capital. The summit includes dozens of leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere and it focuses on cooperation between countries and addressing the challenges facing the people of the Americas.

巴拿马是美洲峰会的召开地址。美洲峰会是一场国际会议，于今天和明天首都巴拿马城召开。参加峰会的有数十位来自西半球的领导人，其会议主义侧重于国家间合作和解决美洲地区人民面临的挑战。

This is the seventh summit since 1994. It`s the first one that Cuba will attend.

这是1994年来第七次召开美洲峰会，这也是古巴首次参与美洲峰会。

President Obama has moved toward normalizing U.S. relations with the communist country. He doesn`t have a formal meeting scheduled with Cuban President Raul Castro. But the two leaders are expected to interact on the sidelines of the summit. That`s one thing that Western leaders will be keeping their eyes on.

奥巴马已经采取措施驱使美国与这个共产主义国家关系正?；０掳吐泶饲懊挥杏牍虐妥芡晨ㄋ固芈蘧傩姓交嵋榈募苹?。但是两位领导人预计会在峰会期间相互沟通。这将是西方领导人关注的焦点。

CARL AZUZ, HOST: Fridays are awesome. And 10 minutes of commercial-free current events are headed your way right now, starting with news from Central America.

Panama is the site of The Summit of the Americas. It`s an international meeting being held today and tomorrow in Panama City, the capital. The summit includes dozens of leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere and it focuses on cooperation between countries and addressing the challenges facing the people of the Americas.

This is the seventh summit since 1994. It`s the first one that Cuba will attend.

President Obama has moved toward normalizing U.S. relations with the communist country. He doesn`t have a formal meeting scheduled with Cuban President Raul Castro. But the two leaders are expected to interact on the sidelines of the summit. That`s one thing that Western leaders will be keeping their eyes on.