[NYTr] Nica: Ortega for Latin-Amer-Carib Unity; Borge Condemns Campaign Against ALBA
 
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:21:29 -0600 (CST)

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Ortega for LatAm-Carib Forum

Santiago de Chile, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega summoned the creation of a Forum of Latin American and Caribbean
Countries to privilege unity and consider its own interests.

Ortega, who is participating in the Ibero American Summit of 22 Heads
of State and Government to conclude this Saturday, indicated that
nations of the South need to be united to be strong, with the support
of Spain and Portugal.

That step, he declared, will be an historical advance in defense of
Latin American nations, as opposed to the policies of free market and
European countries and US expansionism.

Ortega also indicated that for the development of social cohesion it is
necessary to develop a more equitable economic and social model.

He also said that the planet is extinguishing due to global warming
since affluent capitalist countries do not implement the necessary
steps to reduce growing environmental pollution.

The President also demanded the US end the blockade and aggression
against the Cuban Revolution and its people.

He demanded Washington immediately release the five Cuban
antiterrorists imprisoned there for fighting against terrorist attacks
planned by stateside criminal groups, and to judge the international
terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

iom gdb obf mf PL-10

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Nicaraguan Borge Condemns Campaign against ALBA

Lima, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan ambassador to Peru Tomas Borge
condemned the "satanic" campaign against the Bolivarian Alternative for
the Americas, ALBA, defended by him due to its integrationist character.

In statements to Andina News Agency, Borge said ALBA respects
sovereignty of each country, and described as ridiculous to think that
it seeks having some interference in Peru, as private sectors believe.

He thought at same time that it would be beneficial for Peru to
integrate to ALBA, even despite having signed a Free Trade Agreement
with US.

Borge declared to be willing to expose at the Congress of Peru on ALBA
and its benefits.

"It will be a pleasure for me to go to explain that ALBA more than a
commercial treaty is a treaty that has to do with integration, culture,
as Simon Bolivar dreamed ", he said.

Borge also pointed out that " ALBA houses" do not have any link with
the integrationist organization, only composed of governments.

He also said those organizations are composed of citizens who wait for
some aid from Venezuela, or sectors that indentify with the processes
in Cuba, Venezuela or Nicaragua, and express their solidarity with them.

iom gdb mrs PL-11

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