Madrid/San Jose/Ten Latin American countries have rebelled against the so-called Tegucigalpa Declaration, signed by an organization calling itself “Celac Social” and sponsored by the Honduran government headed by Xiomara Castro, who is close to the Cuban regime. The text is provided in A Sao Paulo Forum Meeting On Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the attempted coup against Manuel Zelaya — Castro’s husband — the first point was that “socialism is the political, economic and social model for the preservation of the human race and the planet.”
Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile and Guatemala – the latter countries with left-wing presidents – signed a statement on Friday asserting: “He does not exist within the group.” From the Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) a segment, program or initiative is called “Social CELAC,” so any demonstration unveiled under this name represents an official message from CELAC.”
Likewise, they asked Honduras, which holds the interim presidency of CELAC, to “publicly clarify that the so-called ‘Tegucigalpa Declaration’ is not an official document or position of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.”
“The content of the so-called ‘Tegucigalpa Declaration’ was not consulted with CELAC member states.”
“The content of the so-called Tegucigalpa Declaration was not consulted with the CELAC Member States, nor is it a document that should be understood as coming from CELAC, nor does it represent the vision or consensus opinion of the CELAC Mechanism or its Member States.”
The Tegucigalpa Declaration expresses its rejection of the attempted coup in Bolivia this week, as well as its support for the government of Honduran President Xiomara Castro in its “deep program of social and political reforms to re-establish the Honduran state.”
The text also expresses solidarity with Palestine in the “genocide committed by the Israeli military invasion” against it, and describes the international sanctions imposed on the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua as “unjust”, as well as the “notorious economic and commercial blockade” of Cuba.
This is the second time the same group of 10 countries has spoken out to distance itself from publications issued in Celak’s name during Honduras’ interim presidency.
The first time was on March 19, when they issued a statement distancing themselves from the Honduran president, acting president of CELAC, congratulating Vladimir Putin on his election victory in Russia.
On that day, they also distanced themselves from a statement published by Castro related to the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the crisis in Haiti.
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