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<LI><STRONG><FONT size=3>Final Declaration of Caracas Unanimously Approved by the CELAC<BR></FONT></STRONG></LI>
<LI><STRONG><FONT size=3>Raul: the CELAC is Our Most Treasured Work<BR></FONT></STRONG></LI>
<LI><STRONG><FONT size=3>Presidents at the CELAC Summit Support Regional Integration<BR></FONT></STRONG></LI></OL>
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Acnnews 5<BR> <BR><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>Final Declaration of Caracas Unanimously Approved by the CELAC<BR></FONT></STRONG> <BR>HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 3 (acn) The summit to establish the Community of Latin American and <BR>Caribbean States (CELAC) wound up on Saturday in Venezuela with the unanimous approval of the <BR>Final Declaration of Caracas and the handing over of the chairmanship to Chile.<BR>The presidents, prime ministers and heads of delegations of the 33 countries making up the <BR>new regional organization expressed a common stance while ratifying their agreement with the <BR>18 documents discussed during the two-day historic meeting. <BR>Likewise, the Plan of Action of the CELAC was agreed, which, specified Venezuelan President <BR>Hugo Chavez, should be honored by all member nations, particularly by the members of the so-<BR>called troika (Venezuela, Chile and Cuba: outgoing country, new pro tempore chairman, and the <BR>next venue, respectively).<BR>Two communiques can be found among the 22 documents signed, one on the need to put an end <BR>to the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, and <BR>another one on the recognition of Argentina’s right over the Falklands.<BR>In addition, participants approved a special declaration on the defense of democracy and <BR>constitutional order of the countries composing the CELAC. <BR>Political texts referred to commitment to social inclusion, food and nutritional safety, <BR>the situation of the human rights of immigrants, and the sustainable development of the <BR>Community of Caribbean States (CARICOM), were also agreed.<BR>Other documents signed include texts supporting the Yasuni-ITT-CALC-CELAC ecological <BR>initiative in Ecuador; and the Central American emergency situation due to tropical <BR>depressions. Participants also agreed to declare 2013 as the international year of the quinoa <BR>(edible grain from Bolivia).<BR>Also, documents reflecting support for Central American security strategy, and the total <BR>elimination of nuclear weapons were signed. Support for the struggle against terrorism in all <BR>forms and expressions, and the struggle against the world problem of drugs and drug <BR>trafficking were also among resolutions agreed.<BR> <BR>Worldnews/trm/trm/trm<BR> <BR>Aprueba CELAC, por unanimidad, Declaracion Final de Caracas<BR> <BR> <BR>Cuban News Agency<BR>www.cubanews.ain.cu<BR><A href="mailto:ainnews@ain.cu">ainnews@ain.cu</A><BR><BR>
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Acnnews 4<BR> <BR><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>Raul: the CELAC is Our Most Treasured Work<BR></FONT></STRONG> <BR>HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 3 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro described the Community of Latin <BR>American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as “our most treasured work.”<BR>This work ennobles the concept of a united and sovereign region, committed to a common <BR>destiny, and its success will depend on the wisdom of its members, which are the 33 <BR>independent nations located between Rio Grande and Patagonia, said the Cuban head of state on <BR>Friday while speaking in Caracas at the summit to establish the regional mechanism.<BR>In the presence of heads of state and government and of other dignitaries met at Fuerte <BR>Tiuna, in the southeastern part of Caracas, Raul recalled that the region is a region free of <BR>nuclear weapons and, after describing it as a valuable achievement, he considered that the <BR>Latin America and the Caribbean region should also be a region free of military bases in the <BR>future. <BR>After recalling that the nations making up the CELAC constitute the most unequal region in <BR>the world, in terms of the distribution of wealth, he considered this inequality as a <BR>phenomenon that needs to be confronted.<BR>He pointed out that the recent economic evolution of Latin America and the Caribbean shows <BR>that in spite of the de current deep global crisis, incomes due to exports have increased and <BR>that the burden of foreign debt, “although unfair and onerous, is smaller.”<BR>Our extremely blockaded country doesn’t have spare resources. It rather lacks everything, <BR>but it’s willing to share what it has with those who need it most in the continent, he said.<BR>We have undertaken the commitment to firmly oppose any attempt of destabilizing <BR>constitutional order in our countries, he pointed out.<BR>The speaker referred to the demonstrations that have taken place in the United States, <BR>Europe, the Middle East and the northern part of Africa, where the peoples rebel against <BR>injustice, and considered them as an expression of the collapse of merciless neo-liberal <BR>economic models.<BR>After condemning the international crime of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against <BR>the Libyan people, he spoke about the danger the turning of such practice into a recipe of <BR>imperialist interests represents. <BR>He thanked participants for the decision of designating Cuba as the venue of the CELAC <BR>summit in 2013 and that Cuba heads the mechanism, and said that the island will work in favor <BR>of the unity of what National Hero Jose Marti called Our America.<BR> <BR>cubanews/trm/trm/trm<BR> <BR>Califica Raul la CELAC como la obra mas preciada<BR> <BR>Cuban News Agency<BR>www.cubanews.ain.cu<BR><A href="mailto:ainnews@ain.cu">ainnews@ain.cu</A><BR><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>Presidents at the CELAC Summit Support Regional Integration<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><BR>Acnnews 2<BR> <BR><BR><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4></FONT></STRONG>
<BR>HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 3 (acn) During their speeches on Friday at the inaugural session of the <BR>summit to establish the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), several <BR>presidents and prime ministers declared themselves to be in favor of regional integration.<BR>At the meeting’s venue in Caracas, Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez championed <BR>concrete mechanisms that can contribute to protect the region from external economic crises to <BR>emanate from this newly-created organization. <BR>The head of state pointed out that this type of meetings can’t serve only to speak about <BR>integration and make catharsis from problems but to implement more concrete and effective <BR>mechanisms in favor of development and unity.<BR>It’s necessary to put special emphasis on intra-regional trade, taking into account the <BR>possibilities and characteristics of each country, in addition to contributing to consolidate <BR>regional groups like the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), pointed out Fernandez. The <BR>region, by way of the CELAC, will become the third economic power in the world, with abundant <BR>human, natural, water-bearing and oil resources, and we should be intelligent enough to take <BR>advantage of them, join, and not to repeat the history of truncated processes preceding us. <BR>Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis stressed that the CELAC will make <BR>it possible to open a new chapter for more unity, development and integration in the region. <BR>After criticizing the Organization of American States for not taking into account the <BR>considerations of Caribbean nations, he underlined that the CELAC will not be a bloc that <BR>ignores the smallest countries in the region. <BR>Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that the enemies of the continent are poverty <BR>and inequality and “we should be ashamed of being the most unequal region in the world.” <BR>In Latin America, we should pursue integration, asserted Brazilian President Dilma <BR>Rousseff, and not one benefiting just a few. I’m talking about a new paradigm of integration.<BR>After considering that the Summit will open new courses in the hemisphere, the Ecuadorian <BR>head of state, Rafael Correa, condemned the media campaign orchestrated against him by <BR>national and international opponents. <BR>All leaders in the continent coincided that the only road possible is the unity and <BR>attainment of economic and social development of all the member nations of the newly-created <BR>Community. <BR> <BR>Worldnews/trm/trm/trm<BR> <BR>Presidentes en la Celac respaldan la integracion regional<BR> <BR> <BR>Cuban News Agency<BR>www.cubanews.ain.cu<BR>ainnews@ain.cu<BR><BR>
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