Bolivia Welcomes Peru's Withdrawal From Lima Group

[Judi Lynn]

President Luis Arce, La Paz, Bolivia, August, 2021. | Photo: Twitter/ @MV_Eng

Published 9 August 2021

On Sunday, Bolivia’s President Luis Arce welcomed the Peruvian government’s withdrawal from the Lima Group, which supported the U.S.-backed attempts to overthrow Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in 2019.

"Latin America is moving towards a stage of integration based on respect and solidarity among its peoples," Arce said, adding that his administration aims to strengthen regional integration through the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

In referring to the Lima Group, Foreign Affairs Minister Rogelio Mayta said that alliances that exercise ideological and political distinctions do not prosper. Besides, he called for respect to the interests of Latin American peoples in regional integration mechanisms.

"A united Latin America is not only possible, it is urgent," assured Mayta, whose country also left this U.S.-controlled organization along with Mexico and Argentina.

The Lima Group was created in August 2017 by Peru’s former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) to integrate far-right governments and support Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaido.

Supported by the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU), the Lima Group brings together right-wing politicians from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Guyana, and Saint Lucia.

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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Welcomes-Perus-Withdrawal-From-Lima-Group-20210809-0005.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Saint Lucia to Abandon the Lima Group

August 12, 2021

The Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia will be leaving the ‘Lima Group’ and is restoring its relationship with Venezuela based on CARICOM’s position of non-interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.

The new Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) government, led by Prime Minister Philip Pierre, is the second to announce its withdrawal from the interventionist Lima Group this week, following Peru’s announcement to leave the entity.

President Nicolas Maduro sent his congratulations to the Prime Minister for his election, through Raúl Licausi, Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who met with the PM after attending the swearing in of Prime Minister Pierre’s cabinet on August 5th.

Saint Lucia’s Minister for External Affairs, Alva Baptiste, has criticized the positions of the former Alan Chastanet administration and says he’s already repairing the country’s “largely destroyed relationships abroad” with a re-commitment to Venezuela, and was quoted in local media, stating, “with immediate effect we are going to get out of the Lima Group arrangement – that morally bankrupt, mongoose gang.”

More:
https://orinocotribune.com/saint-lucia-to-abandon-the-lima-group/