00:00Now more on the region and cooperation initiatives.
00:03The Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our Americas reaffirmed its commitment to sovereignty and regional integration.
00:10During the 25th summit of the heads of state and government,
00:13member countries celebrated 21 years since its founding with a call for unity in the face of new egemonic pretensions.
00:21Let's see.
00:24From the Caribbean, leaders also sent a message of peace and solidarity.
00:28Dominique expressed its support for the people of Venezuela and rejected the promotion of military conflicts against the region.
00:34Along the same lines, St. Lucia insisted on the need to maintain the region as a zone of peace,
00:39while Antigua and Barbuda emphasized the urgency of collective action and demanded climate justice for the most vulnerable nations.
00:50History has taught us that war solves nothing.
00:53What it does is to bring more chaos and destruction in the long term for peoples.
01:00Therefore, I hope that we remember that history and that we stop promoting war once and for all.
01:07Thank you very much, President, for your invitation.
01:10I hope to see you soon in Caracas, but you should know that you have friends and that your friends will stand in solidarity with you and with the people of Venezuela,
01:21with the free and dignified people of Venezuela.
01:24We continue to call for a region to remain a zone of peace, and we stand in solidarity with all nations and peoples who wish to improve their lives and the quality of their life in the region.
01:45We strongly contend human trafficking, drug trafficking, and illegal weapons and ammunition.
01:55We are facing this, a major crisis today, which is the climate crisis in all countries.
02:06This is not a distant danger, but a very close catastrophe.
02:11ALBA and its solidarity are essential for collective action.
02:15We must strengthen cooperation in climate adaptation, resilience, energy sovereignty, and advocate for justice.
02:24In addition, the defense of principles, according to the foreign minister of Grenada, Joseph Andal, is crucial in the face of threats that repeat historical patterns.
02:35He urged that the protects used to justify interference in Latin America and the Caribbean be denounced.
02:40While from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it was recalled that the fundamental principles of the bloc are the guide for current diplomatic action.
02:47What we are seeing is a repetition of ancient history, and this points to the need for us to be vigilant, and to always persevere in solidarity with one another.
03:07We must be able to see and discern the pretexts that have been used to recolonize Latin America and the Caribbean.
03:17The foundations of ALBA help us to build on the cooperation and unity that guides us today.
03:30So, it is up to us to continue defending and promoting all the ideals, the purposes and principles of solidarity, complementarity, cooperation, respect for sovereignty, independence, politics, territorial integrity, non-intervention in internal affairs, states,
03:56and commitment to democracy and human rights.
04:00The final declaration of the summit reaffirmed the unity of the bloc as a mechanism for defending sovereignty.
04:07In addition, the creation of the International Energy and Electricity Mission was approved with the intention of supporting Cuba in the total restoration of electricity in the country.
04:16In this way, the member countries committed to demanding resolutions to global crises that impact the region.
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