In an interview granted to Globovision channel, the head of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) underlined the failure of the US call to the regional meeting, marked by the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua for political reasons.

“We think that the Summit of the Americas, to be held from June 6 to 10 in Los Angeles, has already failed, (…) the United States has neither the right nor the attribution to exclude any country, (…) it intends not only to exclude but to divide”, Llorenti stated.

The ALBA-TCP executive secretary regretted that all heads of State of the region are not present at the hemispheric meeting; “it is quite sad that global problems and challenges are not dealt with due to the absence of countries that are part of the continent”, he said.

Llorenti also highlighted the rejection by several governments and multilateral organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of Washington’s discriminatory treatment against the peoples and legitimate authorities of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.

During the 21st Summit of Heads of State and Government, held in Havana on May 27, the ALBA-TCP considered the unilateral exclusion of those nations as a serious historical setback in the hemispheric relations that offends the Latin American and Caribbean peoples.

During the final declaration of the high-level meeting, the ALBA-TCP ratified its commitment to the integration and union of the regional peoples, in line with the principles of solidarity, social justice, cooperation and economic complementarity.

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