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Cumbre de los Pueblos - 13-16 May 2008, Lima, Peru

The V Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union


The V Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union will take place from May 13 to 17 at the National Museum where a modern Convention Center will be set up to host the Heads of State of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries and 27 from the European Union who will examine specific initiatives on the two major themes of the meeting, “Poverty, inequality and inclusion” and “Sustainable Development: the environment, climate change and energy.”

The Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of High Ranking Officials of Government, as well as the II LAC-EU Entrepreneurial Meeting, will take place before the Heads of State summit.

According to the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "the V Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union LAC-EU is of utmost important for Peru and Latin American countries because of the European Union’s condition as the globe’s most sound and solid political and economic bloc, that is also a major partner of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the largest single source of foreign investment in Peru. It is additionally the largest source of non-reimbursable multilateral cooperation. In the last decade, the European Union has contributed 420 million euros to social projects, in addition to cooperation for development provided by its individual member countries. It is noteworthy that relations between the two continents have improved significantly in the last thirty years. Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union share values like respect for human rights, democratic principles and multilateralism". More

 

GCAP Peru position paper on the V Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union

Background

1.    Europe and Latin American are connected by 600 years of history. Since Colón has arrived at the Caribbean Sea, American natives have played a crucial role in the provision of precious metals and resources for the luxury of European aristocrats and merchants. At the time, these individuals were also exploiting their own populations, which lived in a state of misery comparable to the situation that they created in America. Poverty did not exist in the pre-Columbus America; it existed in Europe, was brought to America and then extended through European exploitation. More

 

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Cumbre de los Pueblos, 13-16 May, Lima-Peru