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Weekly Report - 08 July 2010 (WR-10-27)
ECUADOR-VENEZUELA: Chávez and Correa seek to build regional unity
“Only united will Latin Americans be completely independent." This
oxymoron was at the heart of the message Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez
delivered in Caracas on 3 July to Latin American foreign ministers and
ambassadors attending a summit of the embryonic Community of Latin American and
Caribbean States (Celac), which will include all the countries in the Americas
except the US and Canada. Two days later, Chávez sought to put the historical
stamp of approval on Celac, which he hopes will deepen regional integration,
while presiding over a ceremony with his Ecuadorean peer, Rafael Correa, to
celebrate the contribution of Manuela Sáenz, the mistress of Simón Bolívar, the
Liberator, to Latin American independence.
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