Next Saturday, September 18, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will meet in Mexico City with leaders and prime ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).
The federal Executive explained that the heads of state are invited to participate in the festivities for the Independence of Mexico such as the Grito and the Military Parade, to be held on September 15 and 16, respectively.
“We will participate in the Scream festivities on the 15th, on the 16th we will participate in the ceremony and in the Military Parade that is going to take place. On the 17th, guests attend, presidents of Latin America and the Caribbean, prime ministers, because on the 18th we have a Celac meeting, ”López Obrador explained in his morning press conference.
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Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard revealed last Friday from Washington, United States, that the objective of the next Celac meeting is to find consensus on the creation of a body to replace the Organization of American States (OAS), always accused of being a instrument of the United States.
Once the countries have an agreement, this proposal will be presented to the United States and Canada to accompany the agreement that replaces the body currently directed by Luis Almagro, who has had disagreements with the Mexican Foreign Minister and officials from countries with governments of left in the region.
According to President López Obrador, the OAS is an agency with interventionist, interventionist, hegemonic dyes and decisions more oriented to the Cold War era than to the reality of the 21st century.
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