Cuba Will Propose CELAC to Declare Latin America a Peace Zone

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 27 Jan 2014

Cuban News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service

Cuban deputy foreign minister Abelardo Moreno said that his country will propose the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, to take place January 28 and 29 [2014] in Havana, to declare this region a peace zone.

Moreno explained that for some years now, Latin America and the Caribbean is a zone free of nuclear weapons, since the Tlatelolco treaty was signed by 33 countries of the region. However, we think it is not enough, Moreno told reporters.

The Summit’s agenda will also include the Argentinean claim over the Malvinas islands, the over-50-year US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba, the fight on terrorism, the role of transnational companies in this part of the world, cultural policies, among other important issues.

The summit will be attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and by the general secretary of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza.

Cuba will pass the rotating presidency of the bloc to Costa Rica, while Venezuela will propose the membership of Puerto Rico.

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