They were 16 hours late. Finally the representatives of 44 nations put their feet under a tremendous U-shaped table and opened the second session of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation ...

At the head of the U shaped table sat Ms. Bachelet, Obama and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. To the right of Ms. Bachelet sat Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe; Uruguay’s Tabare Vazquez ...