Obama donkey colombia summit 4 12 2012

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US to face heat from friends and foes at Americas summit

Obama would like to keep the focus on trade and democracy. But Latin American leaders want to slam Washington's drug war and its Cuba embargo.

"Demo" (for Democrat), a donkey owned by a big Barack Obama fan in Colombia, Silvio Carrasquilla. Demo may be one of the more agreeable friends waiting to greet Obama when the US president lands in Cartagena, Colombia for this weekend's Americas summit.

LUIS ACOSTA

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