The Eighth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States will be held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Our correspondent Gladys Quesada has more details. teleSUR
00:50 as well as the foreign minister of Venezuela, Iran Hill.
00:54 Also the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Amor-Mottley, also was here today.
01:00 And other heads of state are arriving.
01:03 Let's recall there are 33 member nations and 32 participants.
01:08 Among them, also there is the president of Colombia, that will be arriving tomorrow morning to take part in this gathering, in these dialogues and in this summit.
01:21 Other of the main guests of this summit is the prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
01:29 Also he was arriving today.
01:31 And it is expected that Xiomara Gastro, the president of Honduras, is arriving tonight.
01:37 And she will also be assuming the pro-temporary presidency of this bloc.
01:41 So her presence is paramount for this meeting.
01:45 Also, as we know, as the many details of the summit, the main venue will be the Sandals Resort.
01:52 That will be the main venue for the debates and all the decorations.
01:57 And also for tonight, the heads of state are having a cocktail gathering, a cocktail protocol.
02:05 So they are gathering tonight and they are having like the first meetings before tomorrow.
02:12 Gladys, the summit takes place in a complex international context marked by war and uncertainty.
02:18 So what can we expect from this summit?
02:22 Well, that's a good question.
02:26 Because so far, as we know, the heads of state and all the prime ministers and also the attendees are going to have discussions on food security, on regional peace.
02:38 And also they are going to have some gatherings regarding parallel events to this summit.
02:50 has in his agenda a meeting with the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, who will be arriving tomorrow.
02:57 So that's one of the main events of this summit.
03:00 And they will also be handing over a report, a full report on the management of the pro-temporary presidency of the bloc by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
03:10 As we expected, in that report must be, well, you know, a recall of the work in diplomacy,
03:18 referring to the Argyll Accords between Guyana and Venezuela and the Ezequiel region dispute between these nations.
03:25 And also the combat of drug trafficking in the region by Bolivia and their summit, the Bolivia summit,
03:33 with the European Union members regarding drug trafficking and how to combat drug and corruption in the area.
03:40 Those are the main topics and the main gatherings for tomorrow.
03:44 But also we know that Colombia is going to be presenting their co-presidency or the co-vice presidency report.
03:52 And they start working in what is meant to be the triad, the Colombian, Honduran and San Vicentinian work together to be heading this bloc.
04:03 Thank you so much, Gladys.
04:06 Thanks to you, Ale.
04:10 We were speaking to Tel Azur correspondent Gladys Quesada live from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
04:16 ahead of the eighth summit of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States.
