Venezuela's Maduro cancels participation in regional meeting

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro decided Monday to cancel his trip to the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Argentina, saying there are plans by “the neo-fascist right” to disrupt his visit.

Venezuela: Colombia-NATO link may pose as risk to LatAm peace

Venezuela on Monday warned that a possible accord between Colombia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) could pose as a risk to peace in Latin America.

Colombian, Venezuelan presidents agree to overcome border crisis

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro reached an agreement here on Monday in a bid to address the border crisis between the two countries.

China Plans to Invest Extra $250Mln in Latin America Over Coming Decade

The announcement was made during the president's opening speech at the ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) being held in Beijing.

Σημεία ομιλίας ΥΦΥΠΕΞ Δ. Κούρκουλα στην Κοινοβουλευτική Συνέλευση ΕΕ - Λατινικής Αμερικής

ΥΠΕΞ, Παρασκευή, 28 Μάρτιος 2014

Ο Υφυπουργός Εξωτερικών, Δημήτρης Κούρκουλας, κατά τη διάρκεια ομιλίας του στη Συνεδρίαση Ολομέλειας της Κοινοβουλευτικής Συνέλευσης Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης-Λατινικής Αμερικής, που πραγματοποιήθηκε, σήμερα, στο Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, ανέφερε, μεταξύ άλλων, τα εξής:

«Η στρατηγική συνεργασία μεταξύ Ε.Ε και Λατινικής Αμερικής έχει προσφέρει σημαντικά πολιτικά και οικονομικά πλεονεκτήματα στους λαούς και από τις δύο πλευρές του Ατλαντικού».

Cuba's Castro Calls for Integration Free of US / "Vivimos en un mundo regido por un orden internacional injusto"

Cuban President Raul Castro called on Latin American and Caribbean leaders Tuesday to work together on pressing regional problems at a gathering of all Western Hemisphere nations except the U.S. and Canada.

In his keynote speech as head of the host nation for the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC for its initials in Spanish, Castro argued that the bloc should aspire to unity despite diversity, describing it as "the legitimate representative of the interests of Latin America and the Caribbean."

"We should establish a new regional and international cooperation paradigm," Castro said. "In the context of CELAC, we have the possibility to create a model of our own making, adapted to our realities, based on the principles of mutual benefit."