Controversial American civil-rights activist, the Reverend Al Sharpton, is met by Portia Simpson Miller, then minister of local government, community development and sports, on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in 2005. - File Photos
In this August 2007 Gleaner photo, Portia Simpson Miller, then prime minister of Jamaica, greets Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
Portia Simpson Miller smiles at something said by Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, just before she was sworn in as prime minister in 2006.
This week, we turn the spotlight on Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller as we look through her photo album at some of the world's very influential people she has met.
