CELAC Summit 2023: Latin American Integration includes the Voices of the People

EPISODE: CELAC 2023-Latin American
Integration includes the Voices of the People


GUEST:  Alejandro Rusconi, Secretary of
International Relations for Evita Movement


Spanish to English interpretation provided by Carmelo Velasquez
of Velasquez Translations, Buenos Aires





BACKGROUND:


Founded in 2011,.CELAC, or the Community of Latin American and
Caribbean States, is a multilateral group of 33 countries from
across the Western Hemisphere that excludes Canada and the United
States It was created to be an alternative forum for Latin
American countries. Inaugural leaders, such as Venezuela’s
Hugo Chávez, envisioned the group as a counterweight to the
Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS), which
they viewed as dominated by the United States. CELAC, unlike the
OAS, allows Cuba to be a member. Its stated goals are to promote
regional integration and cooperation. CELAC represents 600
million people.


The Seventh Summit of CELAC leaders was held Tuesday, January 24
in Buenos Aires hosted by CELAC President Pro-Tempore Alberto
Fernandez, current President of Argentina.


The seventh summit witnessed two firsts:  
 At the invitation of CELAC President Alberto Fernandez,
the United States was invited and sent US Special Presidential
Advisor for the Americas Christopher Dodd U.S. Special Presidential
Advisor for the Americas The Summit was preceded by a joint
proposal of social and trade union organizations. The Social Summit
took place Monday, January 23 in the city of Buenos Aires, at the
former Naval Mechanics School, a former secret detention center
during the military dictatorship, which today functions as a space
resigned from the perspective of human rights. With the presence of
about 300 leaders of social organizations, unions and popular
movements from all over the region, the meeting was a forum to
discuss the most relevant issues affecting the different countries
in the context of the Conference of Heads of State and Government.




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ADDITIONAL LINKS:


CELAC


Declaracion de Buenos Aires


Social and Union Organizations Meet the Day before the CELAC
Summit in Argentina


Argentina Hosts 7the CELAC Summit amid New Presidential Landscape


Argentina and Brazil Relaunch their Strategic Alliance





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