Tegucigalpa (EFE) .- President Claudia Sheinbaum convened a summit for the economic well-being of Latin America, in the midst of the tariff war in the United States and China, in her participation in the summit of the community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC).
“Today I have a proposal for you, I invite you to convene a summit for the economic well -being of Latin America and the Caribbean to realize a greater regional economic integration, based on shared prosperity and respect for our sovereignty,” he said in his speech in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.
Sheinbaum argued that the meeting would seek to “realize greater regional economic integration based on shared prosperity and respect for the sovereignty” of each country and the commercial agreements of each.
“I consider that, today more than ever, it is a good time to recognize that Latin America and the Caribbean require unity and solidarity of their governments and their peoples,” Sheinbaum added.
Given the tariffs imposed by President Trump, Sheinbaum has insisted on his position that the economic integration that Mexico has with North America must extend to the entire continent.
As economic strengths of Latin America, Sheinbaum stated the existence of 663 million young people, a GDP of 6.6 trillion dollars and being the main net export region of food.
He also mentioned that Latin America has more than 30% of the planet’s primary forests, a third of fresh water, almost 20% of world oil reserves and at least 25% of strategic minerals.
Sheinbaum said Mexico has the “basic premise” that a “united region is a stronger meeting” that can articulate proposals on trade, education, science, technological development, clean energy and biodiversity conservation.
“Commerce and economic exchange have united us for centuries in the search for the prosperity of our people. The history of Latin America and the Caribbean, since the struggle for our independence, has been characterized by solidarity and mutual support. Today it should not be the exception, they are moments of more will,” he said.
Sheinbaum did not explicitly mention Trump’s policies, as mass deportations and generalized tariffs.
But he asked regional leaders to cooperate to address migration “from a humanistic perspective”, with attention to causes, such as inequality, unemployment and violence.
“We reject racism, classism, violation of human rights, and the criminalization of brothers from our continent that, for some reason, have had the need to migrate north,” said Sheinbaum, who defended that Mexican migrants “hold a good part of the United States economy.”
Sheinbaum also rejected the sanctions to Cuba and Venezuela, and supported a summit for the “construction of peace in Haiti.”
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