8th CELAC Summit focused on peace and unity in the region
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the 8th Summit of the community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, focused on peace and unity in the region. teleSUR
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00:03 In St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
00:11 the eighth summit of the community
00:12 of Latin American and Caribbean states,
00:14 SALAC, focused on peace and unity in the region.
00:18 During the day, leaders of the 33 member countries
00:20 of the organization ratified their commitments
00:22 to fight against violence in order
00:24 to guarantee a region of peace as part of the integration
00:27 policy.
00:28 The heads of state urged to be bold for the benefit of peace
00:31 and the planet in the face of the effects of climate change,
00:34 also affirming that if we want to change the economy,
00:36 we must take into account the dynamics of conflicts,
00:38 military powers, and support for bombs,
00:41 as in the case of the imperial support to Israel
00:44 to commit the murder of Palestinian civilians.
00:46 During his speech at the SALAC summit conference,
00:54 the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro,
00:56 referred to the presidential electoral process
00:58 to be held in Venezuela in 2024, criticized the West media
01:01 for trying to discredit the elections
01:03 and called the regional bloc and the Secretary General
01:05 of the United Nations to send observers to his country
01:08 to supervise the whole process from beginning to end
01:11 in order to testify to the world the transparency of the event
01:14 and the strict observance of the Venezuelan Constitution
01:17 and the rule of law.
01:18 So by asking the SALAC to evaluate the possibility
01:24 to prepare a delegation to observe
01:29 of international observers to join
01:32 the process of preparation and realization
01:35 of the presidential polls from this day
01:39 to the day of elections.
01:43 Another part of his speech, President Maduro
01:45 called the Latin American and Caribbean community
01:47 to rise in support of the human rights in Palestine
01:51 and questioned the capacity of the international justice
01:53 to deal with the genocide being committed
01:55 by Israel in that country.
01:58 So if a man is capable of firing himself up,
02:02 we're not capable of rising Latin American, the Caribbean
02:05 for the life, for the international right,
02:07 for the human rights.
02:10 Where is the international court of justice?
02:14 Where are the organisms of justice
02:17 in the international level?
02:18 Or they're not seeing, they're not hearing?
02:23 The president of Honduras, Fidel Maracasso,
02:25 emphasized that peace in Latin America and the Caribbean
02:27 is based on respect for the principles of non-interference
02:31 in the internal affairs of every state.
02:32 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
02:36 Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean
02:38 must be based on respect for the principles of non-interference
02:45 in the internal affairs of any state
02:47 and the principles of national sovereignty,
02:52 equal rights, and self-determination
02:54 of the peoples.
02:55 We must foster friendship, cooperation,
03:01 and exchange among us.
03:03 The Honduran president said that conflicts
03:08 in Latin America and the Caribbean
03:09 must be resolved through dialogue and without violence.
03:12 To maintain our historic habit of being a zone free
03:19 of armed conflict and warfare, today we
03:27 must ratify our commitment that never
03:30 a people of Latin America and the Caribbean
03:32 will use violence against a brother country,
03:39 and that the problems and differences
03:41 of the countries of this bloc must
03:43 be resolved among ourselves without interference
03:46 or external pressures.
03:48 The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro,
03:50 highlighted the need for political, economic,
03:52 and military peace in the region.
03:54 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
03:58 Peace in our region is political, economic,
04:00 and military autonomy of Latin America and the Caribbean.
04:03 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
04:08 And I finally refer to the military
04:09 because it sounds naive to think that we're
04:12 going to make a peace zone that will be
04:14 a peaceful zone if we're aligning
04:19 to the great blocs of military powers
04:21 in the conflict for commercial reasons of business
04:23 in the world.
04:24 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
04:28 The Colombian head of state said that the West's support
04:30 for genociding Palestine is a message to countries seeking
04:33 to change the economic system.
04:34 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
04:38 It is not the old dynamic of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
04:40 that is being fought.
04:41 It is not the old dynamic of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
04:44 that is being shown today.
04:46 But in addition, and because of that,
04:48 Germany supports genocide.
04:49 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
04:54 France and the European Union and the United Kingdom,
04:56 and above all, the United States of America
04:58 in its democratic version, supports dropping bombs
05:04 on people because they are making a demonstration
05:07 on the whole humanity.
05:08 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
05:13 If we want to change the economy towards the decarbonized
05:16 economy, nothing more, nothing less,
05:18 they are telling us, look at our military power.
05:20 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
05:25 What happens to Palestine can happen to any of you
05:28 if you dare to make the changes without supervision.
05:30 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
05:33 Secretary General of the United Nations AntĂłnio Guterres,
05:36 during his participation, urged member countries
05:38 to practice solidarity to contain poverty and hunger.
05:41 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
05:44 We need solidarity for sustainable development.
05:46 Sustainable development is a [INAUDIBLE]
05:48 slipping away.
05:49 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
05:53 Millions of people in the region face poverty and hunger.
05:56 You made a plan for food security and nutrition.
05:58 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:01 But this requires financing, and many countries
06:03 are still mired in debt.
06:04 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:06 The global financial system has not yet
06:09 provided long-term financing for countries in need.
06:11 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:13 And you have not yet offered a financing network.
06:16 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:18 Guterres also called for the definition
06:20 of an effective action plan to address the climate emergency
06:23 experienced by island-developing countries.
06:25 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:29 We need solidarity to address the climate emergency, which
06:31 threatens the very existence of small island-developing states.
06:34 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:38 As extreme events strike with increasing ferocity,
06:41 all countries must commit to making
06:42 new nationally determined, economy-wide contributions
06:45 by 2025.
06:46 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:50 The global climate change agenda should
06:51 be aligned with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5
06:55 degrees Celsius.
06:56 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
06:59 These plans should be used for both transition and investment.