Create new American regional organization, without America
was born in Mexico Community of Latin American and Caribbean
to hours Updated 02/23/2010: 18:00:28
Playa del Carmen, Mexico (PL) .- The presidents attending the summit of the Unit here today approved creating the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, conceived as another important step in integration.
The new mechanism will include all countries in the hemisphere, without the United States and Canada, and plans to absorb the Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Rio Group, while co-exist with other subregional organizations.
presidents and senior representatives from 32 countries attending the meeting in Cancun agreed to launch the new bloc, whose formal operation will occur when their statutes are agreed.
According to President Felipe Calderón, host of the meeting, the purpose of the consultation mechanism is a global project to the region based on respect for international law, equality of states, respect for human rights and cooperation .
For its part, the Cuban president, Raul Castro, called the creation of new mechanism of historical significance.
Cuba considers that the conditions exist to advance rapidly towards the establishment of a regional Latin American and Caribbean purely integrating and representing the 33 independent nations of the region, said the head of state.
addition to regional integration, the appointment of the Riviera Maya discussed a broad agenda and adopted declarations on the reconstruction of Haiti, Argentina's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and climate change.
Morales: It is historic
President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, described as historic the decision to create a new block of regional integration in Latin America without the U.S. presence.
We approved a document that is the basis for building new institutions without the United States, noted the ruling of the South American nation at a news conference after finishing in the resort of Cancun summit meeting of the Rio Group.
Where is the United States does not guarantee democracy, there is no guarantee of peace with social justice, said the Bolivian president.
Morales stressed the significance of the two-day meeting that brought together the leaders of Latin America and the Caribbean and considered the agreement as a hope for the peoples struggling for social justice.
Heads of State and Representatives government of 32 countries in the geographical area called Unity Summit pronounced for the creation of a new regional integration bloc without the participation of the United States or Canada.
They also expressed their determination to strengthen cooperation with Haiti, devastated by the recent earthquake and adopted a document the prolonged backlash against the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
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