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Trump to skip South America summit, will send PenceABC NewsPresident Donald Trump plans to send Vice President Mike Pence to an upcoming summit in South America the president has decided to skip.White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Tuesday that Trump will not attend the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru or travel to Bogota, Colombia as planned. Pence will travel to the summit in his place, but will not go to Colombia.Pence's deputy chief of staff, Jarrod Agen, said in a statement that Pence is "honored" to attend the summit, adding that last year he "traveled to the region to meet with the Presidents of Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Panama to increase the pressure against the Maduro regime and negotiate better trade deals that benefit American workers."Read more at: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-skip-south-america-summit-focus-syria-54361352