The 2nd EU-CELAC summit aimed at strengthen trade and political ties between the two regions ended yesterday in Brussels with the adoption of a declaration expressing solidarity with Venezuela and calling for the lifting of the U.S. blockade of Cuba. In his opening remarks as pro tempore president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa spoke of the need to increase trade but with the aim of boosting social development and warned against free markets without controls. A parallel Peoples' Summit was also held at the same time in Brussels in opposition to neoliberalism in Latin America and Europe. The alternative summit brought together social movement activists from around the world and expressed solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and with Cuba. teleSUR [ Ссылка ]
