Marcela Sanchez also reports daily in Spanish about local Washington news on Univision. Read Marcela Sanchez's previous Desde Washington columns. Send your comments, questions, and tips to Marcela Sanchez . Envie sus comentarios, preguntas e ideas a Marcela Sanchez . With tear gas in the air as a reminder of the protests around them, the 34 leaders of the Americas launched into a second day of discussions about democracy, inequality, freedom of expression and conflict today.
Globalization is certainly one factor affecting how democracies work.
President Bush applauded the freedoms enjoyed, he said, by all but one country in the Western Hemisphere. Cuba was not invited to the summit. Some even say things are getting worse, not better. For too many, this may be true. But the solution does not lie in statism or protectionism.