Lacalle Pou at the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State
The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, participated in the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he stressed the importance of democracy and strong institutions to guarantee justice and protect human rights.
The president celebrated the participation of young leaders and businessmen in the meeting and stressed the need to accept issues that seem like common sense, but are still debatable. He also referred to the motto of the summit, “Together for a just and sustainable Ibero-America”, and stressed the importance of working as a team to achieve sustainability and protect the environment. The right-wing president expressed his optimism in achieving meeting points between the participating countries at the summit and concluded that what makes them strong is consensus and things in common.
Lacalle Pou began his speech highlighting the participation of young leaders and businessmen in the summit, highlighting the importance of their presence to embrace the causes of their nations at an early age and believe that political activity is a valid instrument. Likewise, he stressed the importance of strong institutions and separation of powers to ensuring justice and protecting human rightsand the president understands that democracy is that way.
Lacalle Pou spoke about the environment and human rights
The Uruguayan president also spoke about the motto of the summit, “Together for a just and sustainable Ibero-America”, and stressed the importance of accepting issues that seem like common sense, but are still debatable. In this regard, he stressed that the goal of justice and sustainability requires work and that sustainability should be taken into account in political processes.
Lacalle Pou also spoke about the environment, expressing his optimism regarding the fact that, for the first time in a long time, in most international forums, environmental issues go hand in hand with economic issues. He pointed out that friendly and sustainable processes are valued from an economic point of view and that the countries participating in the summit are some of the largest producers of food and natural resources.
Finally, the Uruguayan president expressed his optimism in achieving meeting points between the countries that make up the summit and stressed that what makes them strong is consensus and things in common. “Let’s even work to accept and live with our disagreements,” he said, and concluded: “Our consensus or our things in common is what makes us strong, they have made us in history and surely in the future.”
