Preparations for 5th Summit of the Americas reach high pitch

WIDE MEDIA ATTENTION

The event is attracting wide media attention. The communications coordinator of the summit, Felipe Noguera, told Trinidad's Guardian newspaper that about 1,200 media personnel from 34 countries will cover the summit, and the figure does not include the White House press corps.

China's Xinhua News Agency will have one of the biggest media groups at the gathering, with a total of 21 people. Univision Network-a Spanish-language television network in the United States will have 20 people covering the summit. A group of 14 people from Agence France-Presse is expected. The Associated Press and the Thomson Reuters news agency will also have large groups, summit officials said.

Other international media expected include the Arabic news channel Al Jazeera, BBC Brazil, BBC Caribbean Service, BBC News, BBC World, CNN and CNN Chile.

Editor:Zhang Yun