Argentina vs Nicaragua and Maduro vs Lacalle Pou and Abdo, the crosses in CELAC

In the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) there were crossovers between representatives from different countries. On the one hand, between Argentina and Nicaragua, in reference to the interference of the Argentine government in the internal affairs of that nation, according to the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs. And on the other, among the presidents of Venezuela against those of Uruguay and Paraguay, who discussed democracy in some participating countries.

During the CELAC Summit, held at the National Palace of Mexico, the Under-Secretary for Latin American Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh, must have replace the resigning Felipe Solá. During the meeting, he verbally crossed paths with Chancellor of Nicaragua, who accused the national government of interfering in its internal affairs and he announced that he would not support his candidacy for the pro tempore presidency of the organization.

Diplomatic role: Felipe Solá resigned from Mexico and did not go to the top of CELAC

Nicaraguan diplomat Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres, noted: “We express our strong position of I do not support Argentina for the presidency CELAC Pro Tempore ”; arguing that the national government “has contradicted, denying the bases of CELAC, with the political declarations of its president (Alberto Fernandez) and its chancellor reporting to big media noise working with the United States to resolve the situation in Nicaragua.

The President’s Officer Daniel ortega declared that “the government of Argentina has become instrument of US imperialism, subordinating to their hegemonic interests, devising, said by themselves, with the United States government a strategy to violate and deny the national sovereignty of Nicaragua. “

He ended this passage of his speech by saying that the administration Argentina interfered in their internal affairs “Carry out their own politics, intervene in a vulgar and offensive manner in a clear and insulting tone with the Yankees” and added: “He has lent himself to violate our dignity and our national sovereignty.”

In turn, the Argentine representative rejected the words of the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs and assured that “the the accusations are absolutely false“since” one of the pillars of our foreign policy is precisely non-interference. We always thought that each country must find its way“.

Valle Raleigh stressed that “Argentina has not accompanied any of the initiatives aimed at isolating the government of Nicaragua, convinced that this is not the way to go”. With this type of intervention, the regional body is weakened and “we write to the Secretary General of the OAS (Luis Almagro) “, defined.

The Under-Secretary for Latin American Affairs concluded by ratifying Argentina’s decision to accompany the report of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for human rights, Michelle bachelet, who had demanded the release of the opposition leaders imprisoned by Ortega.

New round at CELAC: Venezuela vs Uruguay and Paraguay

During his speech to the regional body, the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, He said: “We share self-determination and non-intervention, but one of the elements that CELAC promotes is democracy and democracy is the best system that individuals must be free. And that is why participating in this forum does not mean being complacent ”.

He then added: “When we see that in some countries there is no complete democracyWhen the separation of powers is not respected, when the repressive apparatus is used to silence protests, when opponents are imprisoned, when human rights are not respected, we must with one voice calm but firm say with concern that We seriously see what’s going on in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela”.

Previously, his peer from Paraguay, Mario abdo, noted: “My presence at this summit in no way represents a recognition to the government of Mr. Nicolás Maduro”.

In turn, the President of Venezuela invited his Uruguayan and Paraguayan colleagues to discuss democracy. “We deeply believe in the dialogue of the various“, he said and asked them to fix a date and a place to debate” in front of the people, broadcast live and live, in private, as you want, with respect, without exclusions “, a- he declared. Nicolas maduro.

Leaving this discussion aside, he called for “turning the page on the divisionism that has crept into Latin America, the harassment of the Bolivarian revolution and now the relentless harassment of the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions”. “It’s not like that,” he said, then, in agreement with Mexico’s proposal, he called for a “new institutional framework” for CELAC.

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