The Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was carried out in our country, particularly in the province of Buenos Aires, with the pro-tempore presidency of President Alberto Fernández. In it, both the Argentine and the other leaders of the region combined political and economic objectives, spoke out against the attacks by reactionary groups against public institutions and, through a special declaration, revealed the bloc’s interest in the claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands.
According to what was pronounced by the Argentine Foreign Minister, Santiago Cafiero, “heads of state and representatives present (at the CELAC) highlighted the permanent It is in the interest of the countries of the region that the Governments of the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom resume negotiations in order to find a peaceful and definitive solution to said dispute.”, Said the diplomatic chief about the conflict over the usurpation of both the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces by the British.
In this way, the Latin American and Caribbean intergovernmental mechanism CELAC issued a document in which they express their “firmest support for the legitimate rights” of Argentina in the dispute over the previously mentioned usurped territories. It is known that The Malvinas Islands were usurped in 1833 by the English, who, through the use of force, expelled the Argentine authorities and people. The United Nations only urged the parties to negotiate in 1965, but the British refused all requests.
Gustavo Petro on Pedro Castillo
The president of Colombia used part of his speech to discuss and question the imprisonment of Pedro Castillo, former president of Peru, a country that is currently in chaos since Castillo’s vice president, Dina Boluarte, assumed power on January.
Petro emphasized the following questions: “Why do we have to continue maintaining violations of the inter-American system despite the fact that our governments signed the treaty in the past? Why do there have to be parliamentary and violent coups? Why are popularly elected presidents today in prison when they should be at this table?
