The Sao Paulo Forum celebrates changing governments in Latin America in Caracas

CARACAS, Nov. 19 (EFE). – The working group of the Sao Paulo Forum celebrated, on Saturday, the changes that occurred in the governments of Latin America, which it considered an achievement of the unity of the left, during the closing ceremony of the meeting. Held since Friday in Caracas, with the participation of representatives of left-wing parties from 22 countries.

Vice President of International Affairs of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Adan Chávez, celebrated the victory of Brazil’s elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in the presidential elections in October, as well as the arrival of the Colombian head of state, Gustavo Petro, assuming power in the Andean country , last August.

“Suddenly, the continent has not become mostly red, but we have to realize that it is a shade red, and that this is very, very important for us, for the revolutionaries, and for the happiness of our people,” he said.

He pointed out that “unity” generated a “new geopolitics” in Latin America, where “the winds of freedom and sovereignty are blowing and will continue to blow.”

For her part, the First Vice-President of the European Left Party, Maite Mola, said that in the midst of the “dissension” that – she stressed – the European continent is living “because of the extreme right”, it is still “much more than that the benchmark for Latin America and the Forum itself is important” , which he considered a “tool that allowed” to change governments in Latin America.

“It got out on the streets first, then it got to the institutions, and with the unity of the left. We have a lot to learn in Europe,” he said.

While closing the meeting, Executive Secretary of the São Paulo Forum, Monica Valente, announced that in the first half of 2023, the working group will hold its next meeting in Bogota, Colombia, as well as an “international meeting of ‘left-wing parties and movements’ leaflets,” promoted by the Communist Party. Cuban.

Representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Palestine, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and Peru participated in this meeting in the Venezuelan capital. Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay. EFE

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