Editing 3rd Summit of the Americas (section)

==Overview==
The "[[Summits of the Americas]]" is the name for a continuing series of summits bringing together the leaders of [[North America]] and [[South America]].  The function of these summits is to foster discussion of a variety of issues affecting the western hemisphere. These high-level summit meetings have been organized by a number of multilateral bodies under the aegis of the [[Organization of American States]].  In the early 1990s, what were formerly ''ad hoc'' summits came to be institutionalized into a regular "Summits of the Americas" conference program.<ref name="twaddle382">Twaddle, Andrew C. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=71x7NlQ_xfgC&dq=summit+of+the+Americas&pg=PA382  ''Health Care Reform Around the World,'' p. 382.]</ref>

* December 9–11, 1994 <ref name="summits">[[Florida International University]], [http://www.americasnet.net/home/about.htm  Summit of the Americas Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527040557/http://www.americasnet.net/home/about.htm |date=May 27, 2009 }} (SOAC): [http://www.americasnet.net/home/summits.htm Summits list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427152152/http://www.americasnet.net/home/summits.htm |date=April 27, 2009 }}</ref> – [[1st Summit of the Americas]] at [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] in the [[United States]].<ref>Summit Americas:  [http://www.summit-americas.org/i_summit.html I summit (1st)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612191553/http://www.summit-americas.org/i_summit.html |date=2011-06-12 }}</ref>
* December 7–8, 1996 <ref name="summits"/> – [[Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development]] at [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] in [[Bolivia]].<ref>Summit Americas: [http://www.summit-americas.org/summit_sd.html Sustainable development] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902092222/http://www.summit-americas.org/summit_sd.html |date=September 2, 2009 }}</ref>
* April 18–19, 1998 <ref name="summits"/> – [[2nd Summit of the Americas]] at [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] in [[Chile]].<ref>Summit Americas: [http://www.summit-americas.org/ii_summit.html  II summit (2nd)]</ref>