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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1999, June 29 | |
| In a two-day international summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the European Union and Mercosur joined to discuss trade liberalization efforts between the two continents with an eye to establishing free trade by 2005 (See June 29). | 1 |
| Nov. 15–16 | |
| The Ninth Ibero-American Summit was held in Havana, Cuba, yielding lengthy international discussion over the U.S. embargo on Cuba and human rights violations in Cuba and in Central and South America. | 2 |
| Dec. 31 | |
| The Panama Canal was formally handed over by the United States to Panama. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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