The arrival of the progressive forces and the Latin American left in government has opened the possibility of a new form of integration of a regional bloc. The creation of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), the Union of the nations of South America (UNASUR), the consolidation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and more recently the creation of the Community States of Latin America and the Caribbean are already changing the configuration of the political balance of power.
This new dynamic based on the principles of cooperation, complementarity is a tool for human development and progress.
This integration will draw its strength from policies in favour of employment, wages and fight against poverty and exclusion. By complementarity, these countries will create a regional market and production lines.
Cooperation on a variety of fields, the one of energy and education, health and infrastructure construction will create the conditions for the countries in the region to develop policies of industrialization and transform themselves natural resources they have.
In Latin America, the progressive forces that act and govern in a big part of the continent have created an unprecedented situation: they have managed to reduce neoliberalism and the applied hegemony of the United States since centuries; they were able to create the conditions for a united voice that matters in today’s world.
The foundations were laid down for the creation of a Bank of the South to finance major development projects, the SUCRE, is reinforced as a common currency for intra-regional exchanges, the establishment of a Security and defence Council that strengthens mechanisms of dialogue and conflict prevention that have already allowed to come out of crises and isolate coup forces. Latin America is today a zone of peace, nuclear-free and free of weapons of mass destruction. The constitutions of several of these countries express it with this way and prohibit the use of force.
In January 2013, Cuba will take the presidency of CELAC during its summit in Santiago, Chile. It's a historical event that marks the political evolution of the region under the influence of progressive forces and the decline of U.S. hegemony.
The process of peace dialogue in Colombia has been possible thanks to this new context. It is the left and progressive forces to support this dialogue that brings a just and durable peace. The EL supports and backs the European platform for freedom in Colombia, we demand the international community to participate in it so the Colombian people can construct a new society.
These progressive logics contrast with the construction of Europe that goes through a deep crisis with serious consequences for the lives of millions of people. The implemented policies show the blind commitment of its leaders to liberal dogmas and to safeguard the interests of financial capital
After many decades of construction, the European Union shows its incapacity on the international scene to be a force for progress and peace.
The Party of the European Left wants to promote convergence and develop relations of cooperation and solidarity with progressive forces and the left in Latin America that work in favour of democracy, justice, human development and peace.
The elections of the 17th of February in Ecuador promise to be successful for the process of the citizens’ revolution put in place by the government of Rafael Correa and its movement PAIS. The Party of the European Left congratulates the Ecuadorian government for its numerous accomplishments during 6 years of power and resolutely supports the re-election of Rafael Correa as the head of the Ecuadorian Republic
EL Executive Board meeting,
Berlin, 11.-12.01.2013
