It was clear to Santos that, if Castro attended, the Cartagena summit would take place without Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and perhaps a few other heads of state. If, on the other hand, Castro did not attend, some of the ALBA members, including two neighbors with which Colombia hopes to improve relations – Ecuador and Venezuela – might not show up, either.
对桑托斯来说，显而易见的是，如果科斯特罗参会，那么卡塔赫纳峰会将不会有奥巴马和加拿大总理哈珀，可能还包括其他几个国家的首脑。另一方面，如果卡斯特罗真的没有前来，那么一些ALBA国家，包括两个哥伦比亚希望改善关系的邻国（厄瓜多尔和委内瑞拉）可能也不会来了。