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Cuba is Full Member of the Rio Group
Cuba's incorporation as full member of the Group of Rio was made official this Tuesday at the Extraordinary Summit of that Latin American and Caribbean mechanism for political consultation.
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Cuba's incorporation as full member of the Group of Rio was made official this Tuesday at the Extraordinary Summit of that Latin American and Caribbean mechanism for political consultation.
The regional TV network TeleSur featured a report on the meeting of the Group of Rio that emerged on December 1986, through the Rio de Janeiro Declaration.
Mexico's President and pro-tempore secretary of the Rio Group Felipe Calderon read the statement approved by the heads of state that attended the meeting.
In the document, the presidents stated their satisfaction with the strengthening process of the Group of Rio.
Telesur noted that participants in the meeting expressed their interest in further strengthening the dialogue and the bonds of the regional group with all members of the Caribbean Community, which is represented in the organization by Jamaica.
The heads of state also reiterated their expectations that the group becomes an organization that brings together all Latin American and
Caribbean nations.
In that direction, they celebrated Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva initiative to summon the Latin American Summit on Integration and Development, and stated the importance of taking advantage of the Group of Rio's coordination ability to contribute to the efforts aimed at boosting exchange among different mechanisms of integration.
Cuba joined the Rio Group with the purpose of fostering cooperation and solidarity among nations of the region and it is willing to work in favor of justice, peace, development and understanding among the peoples of this great family, Raul said as cited by Telesur TV chain.
First known as the Group of Eight, the Rio Group was an initiative launched by the Contadora Group and the Contadora Support Group, aimed at facilitating peace dialogues in Central America. Its current member countries are Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, CARICOM, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Belize, Haiti, Guyana and now Cuba.
Central America participated as a rotatory representation from 1990 to 1999, although in the year 2000 its members joined the Group as individual nations, while CARICOM in involved in the organization through a rotatory representation mechanism of its member countries.
The regional TV network TeleSur featured a report on the meeting of the Group of Rio that emerged on December 1986, through the Rio de Janeiro Declaration.
Mexico's President and pro-tempore secretary of the Rio Group Felipe Calderon read the statement approved by the heads of state that attended the meeting.
In the document, the presidents stated their satisfaction with the strengthening process of the Group of Rio.
Telesur noted that participants in the meeting expressed their interest in further strengthening the dialogue and the bonds of the regional group with all members of the Caribbean Community, which is represented in the organization by Jamaica.
The heads of state also reiterated their expectations that the group becomes an organization that brings together all Latin American and
Caribbean nations.
In that direction, they celebrated Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva initiative to summon the Latin American Summit on Integration and Development, and stated the importance of taking advantage of the Group of Rio's coordination ability to contribute to the efforts aimed at boosting exchange among different mechanisms of integration.
Cuba joined the Rio Group with the purpose of fostering cooperation and solidarity among nations of the region and it is willing to work in favor of justice, peace, development and understanding among the peoples of this great family, Raul said as cited by Telesur TV chain.
First known as the Group of Eight, the Rio Group was an initiative launched by the Contadora Group and the Contadora Support Group, aimed at facilitating peace dialogues in Central America. Its current member countries are Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, CARICOM, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Belize, Haiti, Guyana and now Cuba.
Central America participated as a rotatory representation from 1990 to 1999, although in the year 2000 its members joined the Group as individual nations, while CARICOM in involved in the organization through a rotatory representation mechanism of its member countries.