(L-R) China's President Xi Jinping, Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solis, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa and Bahamas' Prime Minister Perry Christie walk after the opening ceremony of the 1st Ministerial Meeting of China-CELAC Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing January 8, 2015. Xi pledged on Thursday $250 billion in investment in Latin America over the next 10 years, as part of a drive to boost Beijing's influence in a region long dominated by the U.S. Leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC - a bloc of 33 countries in the region that excludes the United States and Canada - gathered in Beijing for the first time for a two-day forum on Thursday.      REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1EB180Y0Q01
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