Latin American leaders have gathered for a development forum, calling for regional unity amid increasing political polarization and recent U.S. intervention in VenezuelaPanamanian President Jose Raul Mulino gestures to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, before Lula's decoration ceremony at the presidential palace in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino gestures to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, before Lula's decoration ceremony at the presidential palace in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino gestures to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, before Lula's decoration ceremony at the presidential palace in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino gestures to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, before Lula's decoration ceremony at the presidential palace in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)PANAMA CITY -- Latin American leaders, who gathered for a development forum Wednesday, called for regional unity in the face of increasing political polarization and the recent U.S. intervention in Venezuela.