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The VII Summit of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) that takes place this January 24 in Buenos Aires seeks to promote the integration of countries that are going through multiple political and economic crises, influenced by the renewed push of Brazil after the assumption of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Sometimes absences count more than presences. This CELAC summit begins with a defeat for Alberto Fernández, since Nicolás Maduro, presented by him as a full-fledged guest, finally decided not to come.
A victory for the Argentine opposition, which had mobilized against the Venezuelan president, accused of human rights violations, as well as his Cuban counterparts Miguel Díaz Canel, who decided to come, and Nicaraguan Daniel Ortega, who had announced his long-standing non-participation. data.
Also absent is Ecuadorian Guillermo Lasso, in conflict with the host country over the asylum of a former minister at the Argentine embassy in Quito. And, obviously, the provisional Peruvian president Dina Boluarte. Also, curiously, the Mexican Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Chile, Colombia and Brazil present
Among those present, the Chilean Gabriel Boric and the Colombian Gustavo Petro, two presidents of countries in crisis that will not be officially discussed, except to support the questioned governments.
And the Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, head of state of a country also in crisis since the coup of January 8. But this summit will mark Brazil’s return to the regional system, and will make Lula’s leadership of Latin American progressivism official, regardless of the decisions, no doubt soon forgotten, that will be announced.
