Travis Ross U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly hold a press conference on Oct. 27, 2022 in Ottawa to both hide and signal their desire to militarily intervene in Haiti. Photo: Blair Gable/AP Photo Part I On Jan. 23-24, 2023, heads of state and government met at the seventh…
Category: CELAC
Ralph Gonsalves: “Latin-Caribbean Integration is Necessary, but it Has Been Discontinuous”
Laura Capote y Leticia Garziglia Interview with Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and President pre tempore of Celac The small island countries of CARICOM have shown their dignity and sovereignty by maintaining firm positions on the US policy of interference against Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Exclusive interview with Ralph Gonsalves,…
Solidarity with the Haitian People’s Struggle: We Reject the CELAC Declaration on Haiti. No to Military Intervention.
Continental Communiqué in Solidarity with the Haitian People The consensus reached by the governments of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) with respect to Haiti, at the conclusion of their recent Summit in Buenos Aires, provokes deep indignation among the patriots of Haiti and of all of Our America. We reject it…
Black Alliance for Peace Opposes CELAC Support for Military Intervention in Haiti
Black Alliance for Peace’s Haiti/Americas Team Opposes the Apparent Support of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for Foreign Military Intervention Into Haiti Peace and Solidarity In the Region Cannot Be Achieved at the Expense of Haitian Sovereignty For Immediate Release Media Contact communications@blackallianceforpeace.com (202) 643-1136 FEBRUARY 1, 2023—The Haiti/Americas Team…
Towards Definitive Emancipation: The Caribbean Peoples and CELAC
Javier Tolcachier At the recent VII Summit of Heads of State of CELAC held in Buenos Aires, Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, was elected to lead the Pro Tempore Presidency during 2023. This is the first time since the creation of this integration mechanism in 2011 that a Caribbean island…
7th Celac Summit: Between Evasion and Reality
Stephen Sefton The ambivalence inherent in the Final Declaration is also reflected in its support for decolonization and human rights without calling for the closure and withdrawal of the US military base at Guantanamo or condemning the permanent abuse of human rights the base represents as a center for illegal detention and torture. That omission…
CELAC Social is Born with the Leading Role of Organisations from the Region
Ursula Asta and Leila Bitar The first meeting of Celac Social was held under the slogan: “Latin American and Caribbean integration to stop the new Condor plan in the region”. This is a space that brings together social, political, trade union, indigenous and human rights organisations in the framework of the 7th Summit of the…
Returning to the Path of UNASUR: Proposal for a Transition Agenda
Pedro Sassone The UNASUR headquarters in Quito, Ecuador This proposal responds to the call made by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros to “retake UNASUR”, as he stated in declarations to the press; it is also part of the development of a research work on the geopolitical vision of Commander…
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