The EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels: New Horizons or New Geopolitical Schemes?

... countries, i.e. the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. At the summit of the heads of state and government from 61 countries, this issue was raised again. One of its Co-Chairs, Rafael Correa, called for the lifting of US sanctions against Venezuela, which he declared were an open violation of international law. CELAC countries put forward a proposal to include in the draft final declaration a provision criticizing the policies of US sanctions against that South American country. The other Co-Chair, Donald Tusk, chose to side-step this “inconvenient” ...