Ecuador Calls to Defend Latin American Peace
Bariloche, Argentina - Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa agreed on Friday in this city
with his Argentinian peer Cristina Fernandez
in the need to state policies that help
preserve peace in Latin America.
Correa recalled that this is an explicit
concept in the statutes of the Union of
South American Nations (UNASUR), a bloc
composed of 12 nations, the presidents of
which are debating in this city about the
controversial military agreement between
Washington and Bogota.
This extraordinary meeting could be good to
state doctrines and policies that mark Latin
America's future, especially South America
as a peace area, the head of State said in
his speech in this summit as UNASUR pro
tempore president.
The Ecuadorian president highlighted that it
is important that UNASUR is discussing the
issue of foreign military bases in the
region, and appeared optimistic of being
able to attain results in the interest of
Latin American integration.
He also highlighted that the call was the
answer to a demand by the region's
presidents to discuss the presence of US
military bases in Colombia, although the
meeting would be also open to other issues,
as the struggle against drug trafficking, he
said.
He considered that if they have time, they
should refer to the serious situation in
Honduras, which has been the victim of a
coup d'Etat since June 28.
We expect this to be a fruitful meeting,
Correa said.
The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty was signed on
May 23, 2007 by the presidents of Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay
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