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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:
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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
WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, CODEPINK, Common Frontiers, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Friends of Latin America, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas.
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