FACTBOX - New ties, old ideologies jostle at Americas summit

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and 33 other leaders from the Americas met in a three-day summit in Trinidad and Tobago to debate economic, energy and security challenges facing the hemisphere.

They talked of forging a new partnership to tackle present and future problems.

Following is a sample of comments from some of the leaders:

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

"What we showed here is that we can make progress when we're willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long."

"We showed that there are no senior or junior partners in the Americas; we're simply partners, committed to advancing a common agenda and overcoming common challenges."

"The United States remains the most powerful, wealthiest nation on Earth, but we're only one nation, and the problems that we confront, whether it's drug cartels, climate change, terrorism, you name it, can't be solved just by one country. And I think if you start with that approach, then you are inclined to listen and not just talk."

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA

"Obama took a plunge into Latin America ... We created a new way of viewing each other and of overcoming our differences by debating them."