美国密切关注拉美局势(2/2)

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概述：拉美国际安全形势紧张，吸引美国密切关注。美国希望借峰会重树地区影响。
Hints:
Venezuela
Panetta
Colombia
Secret Service
Obama
Cartagena
General Martin Dempsey
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组长&答疑：鬼面福娃Venezuela is not on Panetta's itinerary, but analysts expect it to be an underlying factor in his meetings. "The important thing is not to overplay it, to give more importance to it than it really deserves, but at the same time to take it seriously, so that when we deal with other countries, so that we might be able to encourage them to keep an eye on it, to cooperate with us in trying to have a better understanding of what is going on."
The U.S. defense secretary goes to Colombia days after allegations that U.S. military personnel, along with Secret Service agents assigned to guard President Obama, solicited prostitutes they met at a strip club in Cartagena - the site of the summit.
Some in Colombia complain the affair distracted attention from the meeting. The U.S. military's top officer, General Martin Dempsey, called it an embarrassment.  "We let the boss down 'cause nobody's talking about what went on in Colombia other than this incident." Panetta hopes to turn attention back to the issues of drug trafficking and anti-terror efforts.委内瑞拉并不在帕内塔的行程计划中，但是分析师预计，在这次会议中，这会是一个基本的影响因素。“重要的是不要过火，不要给予这件事过度的关注，但是与此同时也要认真对待。这样在与其他国家打交道的时候，我们或许能够鼓励他们关注此事，鼓励他们与我们合作以更好地理解正在发生的事情。”
受命保护奥巴马总统的美国军事人员与特勤处特工被指控在峰会召开地卡塔赫纳的一个脱衣舞俱乐部召妓，美国国防部长在这起指控发生几天后才动身前往哥伦比亚。
一些哥伦比亚人抱怨此次招妓事件转移了人们对会议的关注。美军高级将领马丁•登浦西将军认为此事让人相当难堪。“我们让总统失望了，因为人们不是谈论在哥伦比亚召开的会议，而是谈论此次召妓事件。”帕内塔希望能将人们的注意力拉回到毒品贩运以及反恐的议题上来。