Let me begin by thanking President Varela and the Panamanian government for their leadership in hosting this 7th Summit of the Americas. Mr. President, to you and the people of Panama City and all the people of Panama -- thank you for your extraordinary hospitality and your outstanding arrangements. 首先，请允许我感谢巴雷拉总统和巴拿马政府主办第七届美洲峰会的卓越领导力。总统先生，感谢您和巴拿马城人民以及全体巴拿马人民——感谢你们盛情的款待和出色的安排。
I, too, want to express my thoughts and prayers are with the people of Chile as they’re managing through a very difficult time. And I look forward to seeing President Bachelet at a future summit. 我也想向智利人民表达我的慰问与祈祷，他们正经历一段非常艰难的时期。我期待在未来的峰会上与巴切莱特总统会面。
When I came to my first Summit of the Americas six years ago, I promised to begin a new chapter of engagement in this region. I believed that our nations had to break free from the old arguments, the old grievances that had too often trapped us in the past; that we had a shared responsibility to look to the future and to think and act in fresh ways. I pledged to build a new era of cooperation between our countries, as equal partners, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. 六年前，当我第一次参加美洲峰会时，我承诺开启与本地区接触的新篇章。我相信，我们各国必须摆脱陈旧的争论和旧的怨怼，它们太久以来将我们困在过去；我们有共同的责任展望未来，以全新的方式思考和行动。我承诺，在平等伙伴的基础上，基于共同利益和相互尊重，在我们各国之间建立一个合作的新时代。
And I said that this new approach would be sustained throughout my presidency; it has, including during this past year. I’ve met that commitment. 我说过，这一新方针将贯穿我的整个总统任期；事实的确如此，包括在过去的一年里。我已经履行了这一承诺。
We come together at a historic time. As has already been noted, the changes that I announced to U.S. policy toward Cuba mark the beginning of a new relationship between the people of the United States and the people of Cuba. It will mean, as we’re already seeing, more Americans traveling to Cuba, more cultural exchanges, more commerce, more potential investment. But most of all, it will mean more opportunity and resources for the Cuban people. 我们相聚在一个历史性的时刻。正如已经指出的，我宣布的美国对古巴政策的变化，标志着美国人民与古巴人民之间新关系的开始。这将意味着——正如我们已经看到的——更多美国人前往古巴，更多的文化交流，更多的商业往来，更多的潜在投资。但最重要的是，它将为古巴人民带来更多机遇和资源。
And we hope to be able to help on humanitarian projects, and provide more access to telecommunications and the Internet, and the free flow of information. 我们希望能够在人道主义项目上提供帮助，让人们更容易获得电信和互联网服务，以及信息的自由流动。
We continue to make progress towards fulfilling our shared commitments to formally reestablish diplomatic relations, and I have called on Congress to begin working to lift the embargo that’s been in place for decades. The point is, the United States will not be imprisoned by the past. We’re looking to the future and to policies that improve the lives of the Cuban people and advance the interests of cooperation in the hemisphere. 我们在实现正式恢复外交关系的共同承诺方面继续取得进展，我已呼吁国会开始努力解除已实施数十年的禁运。关键在于，美国不会被过去所禁锢。我们着眼于未来，着眼于改善古巴人民生活、推进半球合作利益的政策。
This shift in U.S. policy represents a turning point for our entire region. The fact that President Castro and I are both sitting here today marks a historic occasion. This is the first time in more than half a century that all the nations of the Americas are meeting to address our future together. I think it’s no secret -- and President Castro, I’m sure, would agree -- that there will continue to be significant differences between our two countries. We will continue to speak out on behalf of universal values that we think are important. 美国政策的这一转变，标志着我们整个地区的一个转折点。卡斯特罗主席和我今天都坐在这里，这本身就是一个历史性的时刻。这是半个多世纪以来，美洲所有国家首次齐聚一堂，共同探讨我们的未来。我想这不是什么秘密——而且我相信卡斯特罗主席也会同意——我们两国之间将继续存在重大分歧。我们将继续为我们认为重要的普世价值观发声。
I’m sure President Castro will continue to speak out on the issues he thinks are important. 我相信卡斯特罗主席也会继续就他认为重要的问题发表意见。
But I firmly believe that if we can continue to move forward and seize this momentum in pursuit of mutual interests, then better relations between the United States and Cuba will create new opportunities for cooperation across our region -- for the security and prosperity and health and dignity of all our people. 但我坚信，如果我们能够继续前进，抓住这一势头追求共同利益，那么美古关系的改善将为整个地区创造新的合作机遇——为我们全体人民的安全、繁荣、健康和尊严。
Now, alongside our shift toward Cuba, the United States has deepened our engagement in the Americas across the board. Since I took office, we’ve boosted U.S. exports and also U.S. imports from the rest of the hemisphere by over 50 percent. And that supports millions of jobs in all of our countries. 现在，在我们调整对古巴政策的同时，美国也全面深化了在美洲的参与。自我就职以来，我们将美国对西半球其他国家的出口和进口都提高了50%以上。这为我们各国创造了数百万个就业岗位。
I’ve proposed $1 billion to help the people of Central America strengthen governance, and improve security and help to spark more economic growth and, most importantly, provide new pathways for young people who too often see their only prospects an underground economy that too often leads to violence. 我已提议提供10亿美元，帮助中美洲人民加强治理、改善安全状况，并促进更多经济增长，最重要的是，为年轻人提供新的出路——他们往往只能看到地下经济这一条出路，而这往往会通向暴力。
We’re partnering with countries across the region to develop clean, more affordable and reliable energy that helps nations to combat the urgent threat of climate change, as President Rousseff already noted. Our 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative is working to bring 100,000 students from Latin America to the United States and 100,000 students from the United States to Latin America. The new initiatives that I announced in Jamaica will help empower a new generation of young people across the Americas with the skills and job training that they need to compete in the global economy. 我们正在与本地区各国合作，开发更清洁、更实惠、更可靠的能源，帮助各国应对气候变化这一紧迫威胁，正如罗塞夫总统已经指出的那样。我们的"美洲十万人交流计划"正在努力将十万名拉丁美洲学生带到美国，同时将十万名美国学生送往拉丁美洲。我在牙买加宣布的新倡议，将帮助美洲新一代年轻人获得在全球经济中竞争所需的技能和职业培训。
During the course of my meetings with CARICOM, as well as my meetings with SICA, as well as the discussions that I’ve had with many of you bilaterally, there have been additional ideas that we’re very interested in -- finding ways in which we can expand access to the Internet and broadband; how we can structure private-public partnerships to rebuild infrastructure across the region; and to expand our commercial ties in a broad-based and inclusive way. Because I am firmly of the belief that we will only succeed if everybody benefits from the economic growth, not just a few at the top. 在我与加勒比共同体、中美洲一体化体系的会晤中，以及我与你们中许多人进行的双边会谈中，我们还提出了一些我们非常感兴趣的其他想法——寻找方法扩大互联网和宽带的接入；如何构建公私伙伴关系来重建整个地区的基础设施；以及以广泛和包容的方式扩大我们的商业联系。因为我坚信，只有当每个人都能从经济增长中受益，而不仅仅是少数顶层人士时，我们才会成功。
At home, I've taken executive actions to fix as much of our broken immigration system as I can, which includes trying to help people come out of the shadows so that they can live and work in a country that they call home. And that includes hundreds of thousands of young people we call DREAMers, who have already received temporary relief. And I’m remaining committed to working with our Congress on comprehensive immigration reform. 在国内，我已采取行政行动，尽我所能修复我们破损的移民体系，包括帮助人们走出阴影，让他们能够在这个他们称之为家的国家生活和工作。这包括成千上万我们称之为"梦想者"的年轻人，他们已经获得了临时救济。我仍将致力于与国会合作，推进全面移民改革。
So the bottom line is this: The United States is focused on the future. We’re not caught up in ideology -- at least I’m not. I’m interested in progress and I’m interested in results. I’m not interested in theoretic arguments; I’m interested in actually delivering for people. We are more deeply engaged across the region than we have been in decades. And those of you have interacted with me know that if you bring an issue to my attention, I will do my best to try to address it. I will not always be able to fix it right away, but I will do my best. 所以归根结底就是：美国着眼于未来。我们没有陷入意识形态——至少我没有。我关心的是进步，是结果。我不关心理论上的争论；我关心的是真正为人民带来实惠。我们对本地区的参与比过去几十年都更加深入。你们中与我打过交道的人都知道，如果你们向我提出一个问题，我会尽力去解决。我不总能马上解决问题，但我会尽最大努力。
I believe the relationship between the United States and the Americas is as good as it has ever been. I’m here today to work with you to build on this progress. Let me just mention a few areas in which I think we can make more progress. 我相信，美国与美洲的关系正处于历史最好水平。我今天来到这里，就是要与你们一道，在这一进展的基础上继续努力。请允许我仅提及几个我们可以取得更多进展的领域。
First, we will continue to uphold the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which states that “the peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy.” I believe our governments, together, have an obligation to uphold the universal freedoms and rights of all our citizens. I want to again commend President Varela and Panama for making civil society groups from across the region formal partners in this summit for the first time. I believe the voices of our citizens must be heard. And I believe going forward, civil society should be a permanent part of these summits. 第一，我们将继续维护《美洲民主宪章》，其中明确指出"美洲人民享有民主的权利"。我相信，我们各国政府有义务共同维护全体公民的普遍自由和权利。我要再次赞扬巴雷拉总统和巴拿马，让来自整个地区的公民社会团体首次成为本次峰会的正式合作伙伴。我相信，我们公民的声音必须被倾听。我相信，展望未来，公民社会应当成为这些峰会的永久组成部分。
Second, we have to focus on reigniting economic growth that can fuel progress further in those communities that have not been reached. And that means making the Americas more competitive. We still have work to do to harmonize regulations; encourage good governance and transparency that attracts investment; invest in infrastructure; address some of the challenges that we have with respect to energy. 第二，我们必须着力重振经济增长，进一步推动那些尚未受益的社区取得进步。这意味着提高美洲的竞争力。我们仍有工作要做：协调监管制度；鼓励善政和透明度以吸引投资；投资基础设施；应对我们在能源方面面临的一些挑战。
The cost of energy in many communities -- in many countries, particularly in Central American and the Caribbean, are so high that it presents a great challenge to economic development, and we think that we can help particularly around clean energy issues. 许多社区——许多国家，特别是中美洲和加勒比地区的能源成本太高，对经济发展构成了巨大挑战，我们认为我们可以在清洁能源方面提供特别的帮助。
We have to confront the injustice of economic inequality and poverty. I think that collectively we are starting to identify what programs work and which programs do not work. And we should put more money in those things that do work, and stop doing those things that don’t. We don’t have money to waste because of too many young people out there with enormous needs. I think President Varela is right to focus particularly on education and skills building. And this is an agenda which we should all tackle collectively. 我们必须直面经济不平等和贫困的不公正现象。我认为，我们正在共同开始确定哪些方案有效，哪些无效。我们应该把更多资金投入有效的项目，停止那些无效的项目。我们没有钱可以浪费，因为有太多年轻人有着巨大的需求。我认为巴雷拉总统特别关注教育和技能建设是正确的。这是一项我们都应当共同应对的议程。
Third, we have to keep investing in the clean energy that creates jobs and combats climate change. The United States is today leading this global effort, along with many of you. And I should point out that America's carbon pollution is near its lowest level in almost two decades. Across the Americas, I think we have the opportunity to expand our clean energy partnerships and increase our investments in renewables. 第三，我们必须继续投资于清洁能源，既能创造就业，又能应对气候变化。今天，美国正与你们中的许多国家一道，领导这项全球努力。我应当指出，美国的碳污染已接近近二十年来的最低水平。在整个美洲，我认为我们有机会扩大清洁能源伙伴关系，增加对可再生能源的投资。
And finally, we have to stand firm for the security of our citizens. We must continue to join with our partners across the region, especially in Central America, but also in the Caribbean, to promote an approach, a holistic approach that applies rule of law, respects human rights, but also tackles the narco-traffickers that devastate so many communities. This is a shared responsibility. 最后，我们必须坚定捍卫我们公民的安全。我们必须继续与本地区伙伴一道，特别是在中美洲和加勒比地区，推行一种全面的方法：实行法治，尊重人权，同时打击摧毁了如此多社区的毒贩。这是一项共同的责任。
And I’ve said before that the United States has a responsibility to reduce the demand for drugs and to reduce the flow of weapons south, even as we partner with you to go after the networks that can cause so much violence. 我以前说过，美国有责任减少毒品需求，减少武器向南流动，同时我们也与你们合作，打击那些造成如此多暴力的犯罪网络。
So, a new relationship with Cuba. More trade and economic partnerships that reduce poverty and creates opportunity, particularly focusing on education. Increased people-to-people exchanges. More investment in our young people. Clean energy that combats climate change. Security cooperation to protect our citizens and our communities. That’s the new chapter of engagement that the United States is pursuing across the Americas. 因此，与古巴建立新关系。更多的贸易和经济伙伴关系，以减少贫困、创造机遇，特别关注教育。增进人文交流。加大对年轻人的投资。应对气候变化的清洁能源。保护我们公民和社区的安全合作。这就是美国在整个美洲追求的接触新篇章。
I want to make one last comment addressing some of the points that President Correa raised and I’m sure will be raised by a few others during this discussion. I always enjoy the history lessons that I receive when I’m here. I’m a student of history, so I tend to actually be familiar with many of these episodes that have been mentioned. I am the first one to acknowledge that America’s application of concern around human rights has not always been consistent. 我想最后再谈一点，回应科雷亚总统提出的一些观点，我相信在这次讨论中还有其他一些人也会提出这些观点。我总是很享受在这里上的历史课。我是学历史的，所以我对提到的许多历史事件其实都很熟悉。我第一个承认，美国在人权问题上的关切并不总是一贯的。
And I’m certainly mindful that there are dark chapters in our own history in which we have not observed the principles and ideals upon which the country was founded. 而且我当然清楚，在我们自己的历史上，也有过黑暗的篇章，我们没有遵守国家赖以建立的原则和理想。
Just a few weeks ago, I was in Selma, Alabama celebrating the 50th anniversary of a march across a bridge that resulted in horrific violence. And the reason I was there, and the reason it was a celebration, is because it was a triumph of human spirit in which ordinary people without resort to violence were able to overcome systematic segregation. Their voices were heard, and our country changed. 就在几周前，我在阿拉巴马州塞尔玛，纪念一场跨越大桥的游行50周年，那场游行引发了可怕的暴力。我之所以去那里，之所以说这是一场庆典，是因为这是人类精神的胜利——普通民众不诉诸暴力，就战胜了系统性的种族隔离。他们的声音被听到了，我们的国家改变了。
America never makes a claim about being perfect. We do make a claim about being open to change. So I would just say that we can, I suppose, spend a lot of time talking about past grievances, and I suppose that it’s possible to use the United States as a handy excuse every so often for political problems that may be occurring domestically. But that’s not going to bring progress. That’s not going to solve the problems of children who can’t read, who don’t have enough to eat. It’s not going to make our countries more productive or more competitive in a global economy. 美国从不声称自己是完美的。我们确实声称自己是开放变革的。所以我只想说，我想我们可以花很多时间谈论过去的怨怼，我想也有可能时不时地把美国当作一个方便的借口，来解释国内可能存在的政治问题。但这不会带来进步。这解决不了那些不会读书、吃不饱饭的孩子们的问题。这不会让我们的国家在全球经济中更有生产力或更具竞争力。
So I just want to make very clear that when we speak out on something like human rights, it’s not because we think we are perfect, but it is because we think the ideal of not jailing people if they disagree with you is the right ideal. 所以我想非常明确地说，当我们在人权等问题上发声时，不是因为我们认为自己完美，而是因为我们认为，不能因为人们与你意见相左就将他们监禁，这一理想是正确的理想。
Perhaps President Correa has more confidence than I do in distinguishing between bad press and good press. There are a whole bunch of press that I think is bad, mainly because it criticizes me, but they continue to speak out in the United States because I don’t have confidence in a system in which one person is making that determination. 也许科雷亚总统比我更有信心区分坏媒体和好媒体。有一大堆媒体我认为很糟糕，主要是因为它们批评我，但它们在美国继续发声，因为我对一个由一个人来做这种决定的制度没有信心。
I think that if we believe in democracy it means that everybody has the chance to speak out and offer their opinions, and stand up for what they believe is right, and express their conscience, and pray as they would, and organize and assemble as they believe is appropriate -- as long as they’re not operating violently. 我认为，如果我们信仰民主，那就意味着每个人都有机会发声，表达自己的观点，捍卫自己认为正确的东西，表达自己的良知，按照自己的意愿祈祷，按照自己认为合适的方式组织和集会——只要他们不诉诸暴力。
So we will continue to speak out on those issues not because we’re interested in meddling, but because we know from our own history. It’s precisely because we’re imperfect that we believe it’s appropriate for us to stand up. When Dr. King was in jail, people outside the United States spoke up on his behalf. And I would be betraying our history if I did not do the same. 所以我们将继续在这些问题上发声，不是因为我们想干涉，而是因为我们从自己的历史中知道。正是因为我们不完美，我们才认为站出来是恰当的。当金博士身陷囹圄时，美国以外的人们为他发声。如果我不这样做，那就是对我们历史的背叛。
The Cold War has been over for a long time. And I’m not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born. What I am interested in is solving problems, working with you. That’s what the United States is interested in doing. That’s why we’ve invested so much in our bilateral relationships, and that’s why I will continue to invest in creating the kind of spirit of equal partnership and mutual interest and mutual respect upon which I believe progress can advance. 冷战早已结束。坦率地说，我对那些在我出生前就开始的争斗不感兴趣。我感兴趣的是解决问题，与你们合作。这就是美国想要做的事情。这就是为什么我们在双边关系上投入了这么多，这就是为什么我将继续致力于建立一种平等伙伴、共同利益、相互尊重的精神——我相信，只有在这种精神之上，进步才能向前推进。
Thank you very much. 非常感谢大家。