Countries from Latin America and Caribbean call for more international funding following economic and climate crises, in a final declaration after a summit in Buenos Aires
Lula arrived in Argentine capital looking to rebuild bridges after his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro had pulled out of the grouping.
The 111-point "Declaration of Buenos Aires" from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States' seventh summit described how effects of Covid-19, climate crisis and the war in Ukraine had rippled across the region. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sent a recorded message saying he had chosen not to attend due to "permanent conspiracies, the permanent threat, calculated ambushes."Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's presence at the summit meanwhile marked his first trip abroad since taking office on January 1, as well as Brazil's return to CELAC after his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro left the community.
Lula also underscored deepening of dialogue among "extra-regional partners" such as European Union, China, India, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the African Union. During his first official visit to Argentina, Lula has also touted the idea of the "sur" [south] as a financial counterweight currency to the dominance of the US dollar for trade in Argentina and Brazil.
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