2011 CELAC summit

Cumbre de la Celac de 2011 July 2019 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States July 2019 Cumbre de la Celac de 2011 Presidentes en el CELAC de Caracas de 2011.jpg Venezuela 2011 12 02 2011 12 03 Caracas CELAC states Latin American and Caribbean Unity Summit 2013 CELAC summit www.celac.gob.ve https://web.archive.org/web/20130620032328/http://www.celac.gob.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=es 20 June 2013 Establishment of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States The 2011 CELAC summit (Spanish: Cumbre de la Celac de 2011) was the founding conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. It was held on 2 and 3 December 2011 in Caracas, Venezuela with the participation of 33 countries.La CELAC nace en Venezuela para fortalecer a América Latina y el Caribe https://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/12/03/venezuela/1322927201.html El Mundo EFE 3 December 2011 8 July 2019 es The summit was due to be held in mid-2011, but was postponed because of the ill-health of Hugo Chávez, president of the host nation, Venezuela. The summit was instead held on 2 and 3 December 2011 in Caracas.Latin American summit re-run to test Chavez health https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-chavez-idUSTRE7AT23D20111130 2 December 2011 Reuters 30 November 2011 It primarily focused on the global economic crisis and its effects on the region. Several leaders, including presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Dilma Rousseff and Juan Manuel Santos, encouraged an increase in regional trade, economic development, and further economic cooperation among members in order to defend their growing economies.Rueda, Jorge James, Ian Toothaker, Christopher Associated Press Leaders at Americas talks: world economy top worry http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Leaders-at-Americas-talks-world-economy-top-worry-2340146.php 3 December 2011 Seattle pi Hearst Communications Inc. Chavez, and other leaders such as Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega, expressed hope that the bloc would work to further Latin American integration, end U.S. hegemony and consolidate control over regional affairs. Chavez, citing the Monroe Doctrine as the original confirmation of U.S. interference in the region, openly called for CELAC to replace the OAS: "As the years go by, CELAC is going to leave behind the old and worn-out OAS." Correa called for a new human rights commission to replace the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Other leaders argued that the organisation should be used as a tool to resolve regional disagreements and uphold democratic values, but not as a replacement of the OAS. Santos stated that he would like to see dialogue within the group over whether existing counter-drug regulations should be revised. The president of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) said he expects that Parlatino will become the main legislative institution of CELAC.Parlatino Interested in Being CELAC Legislative Organization http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=456139&Itemid=1 2 December 2011 Prensa Latina Amongst the key issues on the agenda were the creation of a "new financial architecture," sanction for maintaining the legal status of coca in Bolivia and the rejection of the Cuban embargo by the U.S.https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/4/13/obama-in-cartagena-no-change-dwindling-hope Obama in Cartagena: No change, dwindling hope Alex Main Al Jazeera 13 April 2012 en 2021-04-20 References External links Caracas Declaration Caracas Declaration (Spanish) Category:2011 diplomatic conferences Category:2011 in international relations Category:2011 in South America Category:2011 in the Caribbean Category:Diplomatic conferences in Venezuela Summit,2011