00:00Madrid has opened the 30th Ibero-American Summit, but only 10 of the community's 22
00:06heads of state and government are attending.
00:10The gathering began on Wednesday with a minute of silence for the victims of the Erda train
00:15accident.
00:16Brazil's Lula da Silva, Mexico's Claudia Schoenbaum, and Venezuela's Dulce Rodriguez
00:22are among those absent.
00:25Argentina's Javier Miller is in the Spanish capital, but skipped the opening ceremony
00:30and the dinner hosted by the king and queen.
00:33Two weeks ago, on a previous visit, he called Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and, quote,
00:39un-presentable dictator.
00:41On Wednesday evening, he met with Vox leader Santiago Abascal with plans to attend Thursday's
00:47plenary session.
00:49King Felipe VI opened the meeting with a message on the economy.
00:53The answer, he said, lies not in protectionism.
00:56He called for legal certainty and strong institutions to attract investment and for closer ties between
01:03the European Union and Latin America.
01:07Elegir el camino adecuado será, como lo fue ayer, como lo es hoy, la responsabilidad
01:13histórica de las 22 naciones que conformamos esta comunidad iberoamericana.
01:18Meanwhile, there was also a surprise arrival when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew into Madrid unannounced.
01:25The summit continues Thursday with a plenary session at the Gallery of the Royal Collections,
01:30where five agreements are due to be ratified, including an alliance on artificial intelligence.
01:36And then the
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