00:00Muy buenos dÃas, estimada canciller Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, estimados cancilleres y demás representantes de la región.
00:08Good morning, representatives of the region, foreign ministers.
00:14From CUIA, we welcome the Pro Tempor Presidency of Colombia, of the community of Latin American states,
00:19for calling this important meeting that is necessary.
00:24And we support the action proposals that were presented this morning.
00:30As a region, we are facing enormous challenges that bring enormous risks.
00:40The strong message that we can send to those that aim to dominate us by force is that we have the strong conviction that we are more united than ever.
00:52Cuba strongly rejects the military deployment of the United States in the south of the Caribbean Sea,
01:01under the guise of anti-drug operations.
01:04With the use of naval warfare, troops and submarines, that represent a threat against peace in the region.
01:21And it goes against the sovereignty and the self-determination of our peoples,
01:24and against the condition of our region as an area free of nuclear weapons and a zone of peace,
01:31which was proclaimed since 2014.
01:33Dear brothers and sisters of Latin American and the Caribbean,
01:39as in numerous episodes of its history,
01:41the U.S. government goes uses blackmail against our governments.
01:50Since the accusation against the legitimate government of Venezuela and its president,
01:54of being linked with criminal organizations of drug trafficking,
02:00is an absurd pretext that lacks veracity.
02:06Since the U.S. its own agency for the drug control, the DEA,
02:15does not report the Venezuelan government
02:18within the actors that facilitate drug trafficking that threatens their national territory.
02:26Does the Washington government pretends that we forget that their own country is the greatest market for drugs in the world and possibly the world?
02:39They try to divert the attention to the indestructible fact
02:45that it is in that country where the largest network of consumption, distribution, and drug trafficking is located,
02:54with important leaks within the U.S. economy for money laundering.
03:03The country that tries to rise as the guardian of the region is that with its rigorous weapon industry,
03:14apologies for the commerce of it and the dimension of its illegal market,
03:19strengthen the power of criminal organizations in the region,
03:24and promote the creation and operation of drug trafficking networks in Latin America and the Caribbean.
03:31Those who invaded Iraq under the alleged presence of weapons of mass destruction only wrote about death.
03:41Those who have been historic accomplices of Israel in their genocide against the Palestinian people
03:48lack all moral to try to give lessons or to stand as a paradigm of efforts to preserve stability
03:57and self-determination that they have violated in multiple locations.
04:03The U.S. government, well known for perpetrating action and blackmail and blockades,
04:15to those that want to fight for their sovereignty and self-determination,
04:19and they pretend once more to mask their interventionism in our continent with lies as part of a scheme of domination,
04:28anchored still in the Monroe Doctrine.
04:31Dear colleagues, we firmly condemn this irrational and aggressive military aggression of the U.S. government against the region.
04:45Guillaume reiterates its commitment with the honest and efficient fight against the world problem of drugs,
04:53including the drug trafficking and with responses based in defense of national sovereignty,
05:00promotion of security and stability of the region,
05:04and the respect for the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a son of peace.
05:11We are convinced that it is not with the deployment of military forces from the U.S.
05:18that international transnational crime will be fought,
05:23drug trafficking nor irregular flows of migrants in our region.
05:29CELAC and its member countries have the obligation to demand,
05:35without hesitation, the immediate cessation of this military operation,
05:39accepted or remain silent,
05:44will establish a very serious and dangerous precedent for our peoples.
05:50The response in front of these problematics,
05:54the issues that affect our continent,
05:57as it is drug trafficking or irregular migration,
06:02requires the joint action based on dialogue and the non-interference in internal affairs
06:08of the state's cooperation, solidarity and respect for sovereignty.
06:13The Caribbean Sea is not a son of war.
06:17Latin America and Caribbean is and must continue to be a son of peace.
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