At the Ibero-American summit in October, the Presidents of all Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal, reiterated their commitment to fight terrorism with strict adherence to international human rights law and international humanitarian law. The final communiqué urged all states to finalize a draft UN comprehensive convention against terrorism and stressed the need to bring to justice Luis Posada Carriles, alleged perpetrator of the attack against a Cuban commercial airplane in 1976.
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