In the framework of the 8th Summit of CELAC, president Nicolás Maduro delivered his speech. teleSUR
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00:00 We return to Saint Vincent and the greetings for the statements of the President of Venezuela,
00:07 Nicolas Maduro.
00:08 Once again, as the Prime Minister Rafael González has said, our organization has the maturity
00:20 enough to possess an infrastructure high in efficiency in a general secretary office that
00:31 represents us all in a complementary way to a pro-temporary presidency and continues the
00:38 plans of all presidencies that currently are happening.
00:45 We have enough maturity, as we've remembered with Lula just minutes ago.
00:53 We have 16 years in this renewed path that is the path of our liberators in the 19th
01:05 and 18th centuries, of our founders, the joint path of our America.
01:12 It was on December 17, 2008, that by the first time in the River Rio frame, President Lula
01:26 summoned us to the 23 countries of our America.
01:31 The first time Latin America sat together and reunited itself.
01:36 And it was decided to move forward and to build a common forum.
01:43 Then in Mexico, under a government, in this case of the far right, we got together to
01:50 discuss the concept in February of 2010.
01:57 And the concept of a community building was approved for Latin American and Caribbean
02:03 countries.
02:04 The concept of SELAC was approved.
02:06 And then in Venezuela, 2 and 3 of the -- 2nd and 3rd of December of 2011, for the 200th
02:16 anniversary of the independence declaration approved in this continent, with the commander
02:25 Hugo Chavez in front, to officially constitute the SELAC and to approve the main principles
02:37 of our organization.
02:40 And then the General Secretary Gutierrez, that I'm honored with his presence in this
02:47 meeting, we went through the year 2010 with Sebañol Piñera in Chile, the President,
02:59 rest in peace, from the far right.
03:01 Cuba, marvelous Cuba, in January 2014, when it was approved, the mainstream of our organization,
03:10 to declare Latin America and the Caribbean a peace zone.
03:14 And then we got to Costa Rica in 2015, Ecuador in 2016, Dominican Republic 2017, Mexico 2021,
03:25 because of the pandemic in Buenos Aires a year ago, and today in San Vicente in the
03:31 Grand Islands.
03:33 And we've been deciding jointly the next presidencies of our organization.
03:42 Honduras with the Presidency of Mara Castro, and then Colombia with the President Gustavo
03:47 Petro.
03:48 So we're completing this collective organism, which was planned always for our organization.
03:59 Here with the marvelous intervention of the Presidents and Prime Minister, we've seen
04:04 how it's getting an agenda, and we were saying that to the President of Mara Castro and President
04:15 Gustavo Petro, we're forming a way of consultation and decision in real time, not to wait all
04:24 the development in the summit, but also to maintain interconnected from all of the subjects
04:32 in the world, a presidential agenda in a permanent manner, in an official way, to have an agenda
04:42 of subjects in a worldwide panorama.
04:51 The African Union has a very known structure, a strong structure with the joint work of
05:01 integration and treatment of conflicts and big subjects.
05:07 A lot of them are admiring the structure of the European Union, but are admiring from
05:14 the outside light in the streets, darkness in the house.
05:20 But we have to look into ourselves.
05:23 We need to get into those structures.
05:29 The European Union performs at least every six months meetings, and not fast meetings.
05:37 They're focusing.
05:41 They're capable to join themselves one, two, three days, analyzing subjects, taking decisions,
05:50 because it cannot be just another step in the agenda of your work.
05:55 It has to be a central agenda, the threatening agenda in institutionalizing the politics
06:05 with the capacity of access to the big subject that are affecting us, the global warming,
06:11 the peace in the region, the economic development, the trade in the region.
06:21 So we were saying in front of the Lopez Obrador president, a great president from the CILAC,
06:31 we were saying when we went to Mexico, how can we answer if we had a CILAC, a powerful
06:41 CILAC and will organize in a joint way the global pandemic and all that involved in the
06:49 pandemic for our region, if we could have been in a joint way with the knowledge, the
06:56 scientific and medical, if we could go into the protection system and then the vaccines
07:04 in a joint way.
07:05 When we review the cause that was presented to us in our region, the pandemic, it could
07:15 be a next step from our history.
07:19 So we have to move forward.
07:24 So I think to the Prime Minister Rafael González, to the Prime Minister Ruvales Kery, who presided
07:35 the CARICOM a week ago, to President Lula da Silva, because they were capable of summon
07:44 to this encounter of understanding and peace on December 4th here in San Luis and the Grenadines
07:54 with the President, to get into the differences that we have by inheriting from the colonialism,
08:05 because the dispute from the Ezequiel area, it comes from the colonialism stage.
08:11 So I hope that the good relationships that have been established get deep and sooner
08:18 than later to reactivate the agreements to search face to face both governments and both
08:26 countries a sustainable solution and a diplomatic solution to our differences since the 19th
08:36 century.
08:37 So the CILAC, if at some point has proved their capability to the dialogue and the diplomacy,
08:46 is being under the presidency of Rafael González Camarillo.
08:53 We've been making the decision to make a peace territory.
08:59 So to have peace has to be justice around.
09:04 Venezuela has been submitted in the eight years, last years, to more than 930 courses
09:14 of measures, criminal sanctions against the economy, against the social of Venezuela.
09:21 So we've always raised our voice to demand the end of the blockade from our brother Cuba.
09:30 So we have the consensus of the 33 countries from the CILAC, so we also had the consensus
09:37 almost from the entire National Assembly.
09:44 And the United States, instead of making amendments, on the contrary, has been hardening the blockade
09:52 against Cuba, but also did it against the people of Venezuela.
10:02 930 coercive measures that we've been resistant.
10:08 I always say, I was talking with the Lula president now, Venezuela went from a very
10:20 high income from petroleum, 100 years of oil producer, next year 700 only millions of income,
10:31 99% of loss of the income of Venezuela.
10:37 Hard years.
10:38 They were seeking to collapse the Venezuelan society, to implement the so-called formula,
10:50 the failed formula, to change the regime through the waves of change in economy, in social
10:57 and politics of society.
10:59 Venezuela was threatened of military intervention.
11:04 Venezuela has lived through all these years being stuck with permanent conspiracy and
11:13 permanent campaign to try to justify what cannot be justified against our country, against
11:19 our society.
11:22 Recently we had a moment for our people, the agencies and the news and social network are
11:36 muting and using as a manipulation campaign against our country.
11:45 Recently was robbed a plane from our airline, from one Argentinian airport.
11:59 Didn't wait until the trial, but you know what that happened with that plane?
12:05 A very important plane with a huge, because we went to Palestinian people, helped them
12:14 with that plane in Suriname with the Flotillons and we helped our brothers, the Grenadines.
12:20 We helped in a lot of occasions to IT also, also to other countries of our region.
12:29 In Miami was dismembered and exhibited to the press as a revenge act against Venezuela.
12:39 The Cidco company, a very powerful company, is property of the Venezuelan state.
12:45 It is calculated as cost in 12,000 million dollars and net utility for 5,000 million
12:56 dollars is that they're lying in American banks being from Venezuela.
13:04 We got information that Cidco company is going to be dismembered also and surrendered in
13:11 silver lining to a group of coyotes, an economical aggression without borders, a revenge operation
13:25 without limits.
13:27 This organizations, us in Latin America and the Caribbean, we must react facing dissension
13:34 politics and aggression and economical war.
13:37 That is also another way to put up our peace.
13:43 This is Latin America and the Caribbean.
13:46 It must be free of coercive measures and economical sanctions, free from interventions, from conspiracy,
13:58 from con plots, free from threats, free from threats from the use of force to solve regional
14:08 conflicts as is pretended.
14:11 Venezuela is a country, a very noble country, that is being repeated in the international
14:27 tabloids and international media.
14:30 Venezuela this year is seeking the 31st election in 25 years.
14:42 I believe that Venezuela has one of the highest index of electoral process, joint electoral
14:53 process in the history of election in the three decades in our continent and I believe
14:58 in the world.
15:00 It's always that according to the constitution, it needs to be have an election, it has been
15:07 done.
15:08 However, for the parliament, national assembly, presidential elections, but it was in Venezuela
15:15 in 2004, by the first time was made the referendum of commander Hugo Chavez, seven referendums
15:26 were made and other countries as Uruguay also practiced those consultations and referendums.
15:34 But upon Venezuela, they say all days that there is a tyranny, a violation of the social
15:42 and political rights.
15:43 There is a permanent campaign to try to unlike and justify what cannot be justified upon
15:52 our country.
15:53 Venezuela is getting prepared for elections, absolutely transparent and trustworthy with
16:00 electoral system that I would like that SILAC get to know it and further than the manipulation
16:09 and the lies.
16:10 Last Friday was signed in the parliament, national parliament, an agreement with 43
16:17 political parties from all the spectrum in the country were signed, all the movements
16:23 and federations, all of the religious currents, Muslim, Jews, Christians, all of them, all
16:35 of the sectors of the cultural sector and intellectual sector.
16:39 And that agreement is fixed the basis for the full warranties for an electionary process
16:47 that is trustworthy in the second semester of this year has been established.
16:51 We call it the wide agreement of Caracas that is adding the agreements signed in Norway,
16:59 Mexico, Barbados, and it gets wider the support spectrum for the social matters and the political
17:07 matters and all those kinds of agreements.
17:11 So I ask the SILAC to evaluate the possibility of international observers to join the process
17:26 of preparation and realization of the presidential polls from this day to the day of elections
17:35 and also to the general secretary from the United Nations that go there, come and see
17:41 the truth in a country that has been affected, the consultation system and the political
17:47 system and the electoral system further than the manipulation, further from the imperialist
17:53 expressions and the neopolitical expression.
17:58 We've been making dialogues with a group of prime ministers and a group of presidents,
18:07 the grave situation of our brother, Palestine.
18:14 Here in the SILAC there have been different opinions and we respect the diversity of opinion,
18:20 but the truth is it goes more than 30,000 deaths by bombardment, by missile power, 15,000
18:32 children.
18:35 Those children were making the war by Hamas.
18:41 Those were fighting, the 107 women, children and men killed near Rafah with the only crime
18:53 to go and try to receive food sent by the United Nations.
19:00 Recently we saw the fact that this man commented the reunion, a soldier from the air forces
19:08 of the United States that couldn't handle the pain, the indignation, and he put himself
19:17 in an extreme situation and he fired himself in the gates of the embassy in Washington.
19:25 So there is a matter of protest of military, army soldiers burning their uniforms and raising
19:35 their voices.
19:36 If a man is capable of firing himself up, we're not capable of rising Latin America
19:42 and the Caribbean for the life, for the international right, for the human rights.
19:48 Where is the international court of justice?
19:52 Where are the organisms of justice in the international level?
19:57 They're not seen, they're not hearing.
20:02 I think it's valid the concern of human beings upon life and the essence of governance.
20:14 So our region has a very straight position and accompanies the African Union, the Arab
20:23 League, the organization of the Islamic community and the rest of the countries in the world
20:30 seeking the ceasefire in Gaza Strip, the respect for the life of Palestinians and investigate
20:41 and judge according to the international justice to Mr. Netanyahu and the government, the fascist
20:49 government of Israel.
20:54 We demand understanding and for the construction of humanitarian lands here in Salahak and
21:04 here in Latin America.
21:07 Another painful scenario is our brother Haiti.
21:12 As President Petro said, for Haiti we got the freedom of a lot of places in our America.
21:21 It was Bolivar defeated, prosecuted, almost murdered in Jamaica, who got into Haiti alone
21:35 in ruins.
21:38 And it was Grand Petion that pecked Bolivar and all of the big generals after and liberators
21:46 of America and gave a shelter and food and company and allowed them to have three ships
21:55 with 60,000 weapons and soldiers to go fight for the freedom in the rest of America.
22:03 We say very few from Haiti, but us, we have our independence in the 19th century because
22:09 of Haiti to its revolutionary people, and they've been punished.
22:16 Not only President Petro, where you were saying that you're right, how many invasions have
22:25 been in Haiti in 100 years?
22:27 How many?
22:28 We remember the most recent ones.
22:33 When a president was kidnapped, a rifle president was kidnapped and was taken in a South American
22:41 plane, it was tossed around.
22:44 And they have the applause.
22:48 And from that invasion and the wounded and that violence, we have the situation today.
22:55 With all the components that President Petro just said, and the criminal gangs, the drug
23:01 traffic issues, et cetera, Venezuela is taking the proposal of the presidency of Honduras
23:12 and the presidency of Maricastro sick from the CILAC, are afraid to help from the region
23:23 that truly allowed Haiti to recover the safety and the rifle government and the people from
23:31 Haiti get the right of peace and right of life.
23:37 We're not agreeing with no invasion, bringing troops from here, from there.
23:45 That's been 100 years.
23:47 We've been doing that for 100 years.
23:50 That's not the solution.
23:51 A new invasion, we cannot disguise that because that's not the solution for Haiti.
23:56 The solution is that Latin America and the Caribbean go hug her and support her really
24:02 and allow her to take the rifle path.
24:07 There's a lot of subject that we've been talking here.
24:14 We've been reactivating Prime Minister Rafa González with the presidency of Honduras,
24:25 with the participation of the President Salien, Rafa González, with the future presidency
24:36 of the Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
24:42 There's a world political network in development.
24:47 In the last 16 years, connecting summit with the generative process, the CILAC has been
24:55 marking a name for them in the world.
24:58 We are in conditions to build, to create the relationships with the new world, with the
25:05 new geopolitics that have been rising, with the multipolar world and multicentral world
25:12 that has been rising.
25:14 We need to get strengthening the relationship with China, the big potency that is emerging
25:19 in this century.
25:21 We need to get deeper in the relationship with India, the second big potency that is
25:27 emerging and we have to move forward in a joint way with the BRICS, the wider BRICS,
25:37 that is taking fundamental steps in the political field.
25:46 Without a doubt, today the BRICS are representing the choice, alternative choice that we think
25:53 as us to move forward the hegemonic world that has been imposed to us during almost
26:02 1600 years, to advance with the dialogue with the African Union, to make stronger the respect
26:15 relationships with the European Union, to articulate the new world as an emergent region,
26:21 as a hope that we are.
26:24 This year we were talking with the Peruvian Chancellor.
26:31 This year is turning 200 years old from two big battles, decisive battles from the South
26:39 American independence, the 200 years of the Guinea-Book battle, the last battle that was
26:48 conducted by the liberator Simon Bolivar.
26:53 We were together there, Chileans, Argentinians, Uruguayans, Brazilians, Venezuelans, Colombians,
26:59 Ecuadorians, Panamans, Cubans.
27:02 We were together in only one army, in only one project.
27:11 And we are turning 200 years of the definitive battle that expelled the Spanish Empire from
27:19 here, the Ayacucho battle.
27:22 December 9th, this SELAC, and I am proposing it here now, this SELAC must take alongside
27:31 the Peruvian people and the Southern people the commemoration of the 200 years of Ayacucho
27:41 and Junín battles, a very important point in our history.
27:46 I was talking with the Mexican Chancellor when Bolivar went to Junín and led from a
27:57 distance the army alongside with Sucre.
28:02 Bolivar was a president of Peru and president of Colombia, and saying Colombia is what is
28:13 now Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador.
28:17 But then Mexico on March 17th, in the year 1824, Mexico, the Congress of Mexico, was
28:30 turning to Simón Bolívar, a Mexican citizen.
28:35 So when he went to those battles, he was going as Mexican, as a Peruvian, as a Colombian.
28:43 So it was only one army, only one dream.
28:46 Our path needs to retake those dreams in the diversity, in a political diversity, in ideology
28:52 diversity, in base of respect and solidarity and love.
28:56 We have to take back those original paths that are leading us into the 21st century
29:03 for our vision to be inserted with power, with strength, with prosperity into the world
29:09 that is being built now.
29:11 That's our path, Mr. President, the path of liberators from all times.
29:18 Thank you very much.
29:21 We were listening to the statements of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the 8th CELAC
29:28 Summit.
29:29 The Venezuelan head of state said CELAC is mature enough today to have a general secretary
29:32 that can represent everyone.
29:35 President Maduro also praised the integration work carried out so far, but called to deepen
29:39 more these strategies to have a stronger and independent region.
29:42 Maduro condemned and called for the immediate end of illegal unilateral coercive sanctions
29:46 imposed on Venezuela by the U.S. as well as the end of the U.S. blockade on Cuba.
29:51 The Venezuelan president also condemned the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinian
29:55 people and urged the region and the world to stand against these crimes against humanity.
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