A New Relationship Is Developing Between the US and Latin America

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http://watchingamerica.com/News/231850/a-new-relationship-is-developing-between-the-us-and-latin-america/



It is not about ignoring the United States, but about trying to establish a relationship that is based on dialogue and respects self-determination, a relationship that is more balanced, fair and democratic.

A New Relationship Is Developing Between the US and Latin America
El Espectador, Colombia
By Luis I. Sandoval M
Translated By Patricia O'Connor
3 February 2014
Edited by Phillip Shannon

Latin America is moving toward a new relationship with the United States. The summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, held in Havana at the end of January, is part of a transformation in relations between North and South America.

Two documents were adopted at the second CELAC summit: a resolution declaring Latin America and the Caribbean a "peace zone," and the final declaration of the summit, which was concerned with issues and priorities shared by the 33 states that signed the documents.

The introduction to the final declaration – which has 83 paragraphs in total – highlights the shared commitments of the countries:

"Let us strengthen our democracies as well as all human rights for all; let us provide more opportunities for our peoples; let us build more inclusive societies; let us improve our productivity; let us establish closer trade links; let us improve our infrastructure and connectivity and the necessary networks that unite our peoples more; let us work for the sustainable development to overcome inequalities and for a more equitable distribution of wealth so that everybody feels that democracy provides a new sense to their lives. That is the mission of CELAC, that is the task we are called upon to carry out and the political responsibility that we have ahead of us, and for which we should be accountable to our peoples."

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