2013 CELAC summit

I Cumbre de la Celac de 2013 July 2019 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States July 2019 I CELAC Summit 2013 1 27 2013 1 28 Santiago CELAC states except Paraguay 2011 CELAC summit 2014 CELAC summit The I CELAC summit or 2013 CELAC summit was the first ordinary heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.Meriguet Pablo 33 countries meet in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at the annual CELAC summit : Peoples Dispatch https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/08/33-countries-meet-in-tegucigalpa-honduras-at-the-annual-celac-summit/ Peoples Dispatch 9 April 2025 It was held on 27 and 28 January 2013 in Santiago, Chile. All CELAC member states participated except Paraguay. Following the impeachment of Fernando Lugo in 2012, Paraguay was excluded from Mercosur and Unasur meetings.Paraguay suspended from Mercosur has requested Pacific Alliance observer status https://en.mercopress.com/2013/01/30/paraguay-suspended-from-mercosur-has-requested-pacific-alliance-observer-status MercoPress January 30, 2013 en While Paraguay was not officially sanctioned or suspended by CELAC, the government decided not to attend the summit, claiming that it had not been invited to it.La cumbre de la Celac reanuda su sesión con un homenaje a Chávez, Lula, Calderón y Fernández https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Celac-Chavez-Lula-Calderon-Fernandez_0_95190822.html Santiago eldiario.es EFE 28 January 2013 9 July 2019 SpanishParaguay decidió no asistir a Celac https://www.abc.com.py/internacionales/paraguay-decidio-no-asistir-a-celac-532048.html ABC Color 25 January 2013 9 July 2019 Spanish On 28 January 2013, the President of Cuba Raúl Castro succeeded President of Chile Sebastián Piñera as the pro tempore president of the CELAC.https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Cuba-asume-presidencia-Celac_0_95190970.html Cuba asume la presidencia de la Celac Santiago eldiario.es EFE 28 January 2013 9 July 2019 Spanish This was criticized by Cuban exile organizations Cuban American National Foundation, Cuban Democratic Directorate, Assembly of the Resistance, Cuban Liberty Council, as well as the Politically Persecuted Venezuelans Abroad (Veppex).Sonia Osorio El exilio cubano califica de "vergüenza" que Raúl Castro presida la Celac https://www.eldiario.es/politica/califica-verguenza-Raul-Castro-Celac_0_95540447.html eldiario.es EFE 29 January 2013 9 July 2019 Spanish I EU-CELAC summit On 26 January 2013, before the I CELAC summit, the I EU-CELAC summit was held. It was the 7th bi-regional summit and the first to have the CELAC as the European Union counterpart in Latin America and the Caribbean.1st EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government https://eulacfoundation.org/en/calendar/1st-eu-celac-summit-heads-state-and-government EU–LAC Foundation 10 July 2019 10 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190710160629/https://eulacfoundation.org/en/calendar/1st-eu-celac-summit-heads-state-and-government dead References External links Official declaration (Spanish) Official website of the I EU-CELAC summit https://web.archive.org/web/20160623025154/http://www.minrel.gob.cl/prontus_minrel/site/edic/base/port/cumbre.php Category:2013 diplomatic conferences Category:2013 in international relations Category:2013 in South America Category:2013 in the Caribbean Category:Diplomatic conferences in Chile Summit,2013 Category:January 2013 in South America