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This paper suggests that the Fifth Summit of the Americas has served to put relations between Latin America and the US back on the agenda. On the US side, President Barack Obama has raised the possibility of building a relation with, rather than for, Latin America. As for Latin America, writes the author, the various governments have made the future of the relationship contingent on the resolution of the Cuban issue, as though they were unable to make positive, assertive proposals for dealing with Washington.