Two Presidents at once

As I was walking through Plaza de Armas in Santiago, I noticed a great deal of commotion outside of one of the government buildings. There was a lot of police presence and camera crews, so of course I was nosy and wanted to find out what was going on. Gradually, more and more people started showing up and finally, a chauffeur driven car pulled up and a few people quickly exited and went into the building. A few minutes later, a few more cars come in and some of them had "Colombia" on their windows.

It turns out, after speaking to someone next to me, there was a "cumbre" taking place. Well I knew the word cumbre as hilltop or peak, so I looked it up to be sure and it also means "summit." It's pretty easy to figure out that a hilltop and peak are also summits!

Anyway, the summit turned out to be a meeting between Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera (who is to be sworn in on March 11) and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe. About 30 minutes after the car dropped President Uribe off, the two presidents came outside to address the press.

I had a front row seat right next to the press and took the photos above.