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LA PAZ, Jan. 24 (Xinhua). Bolivian President Luis Arce on Tuesday condemned acts of violence and anti-democratic statements aimed at destabilizing elected governments in the region and proposed establishing a relationship between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). and the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
Speaking at the VII Summit of CELAC Heads of State or Government, the President stated that CELAC firmly and vigorously condemned acts of destabilization that threaten the countries of the region, their political systems and their peaceful coexistence, and demanded full respect for the Demanding the will of the people must be expressed through the vote.
“In Latin America, what has been won in the elections must not be taken by force,” the Bolivian President insisted, while affirming that CELAC should be a tool for building “emancipatory integration.”
Arce also stated that CELAC should allow an opening with the BRICS bloc so that Latin America and the Caribbean could be an “active part of building a multipolar world” and “participate in and influence this new world economy that is emerging.” . the change of axis of the world economy from the Atlantic to the Asia-Pacific region”.
He also stressed that the body must reflect on the urgent need to achieve greater integration between peoples.
In this framework, the Bolivian President stressed the importance of the railway corridor project for biooceanic integration, which will unite Brazil, Bolivia and Peru to strengthen physical integration and socio-economic development.
In the same vein, he referred to the Productive Community social model promoted by his government, which includes the country’s industrialization to substitute imports and economic policies that allow Bolivia to have the lowest inflation rate in the region and one of the lowest. of the world.
The VII Summit of CELAC Heads of State and Government will take place this Tuesday in the Argentine city of Buenos Aires.
(Web Editor: Rosa Liu, Zhao Jian)