CARACAS, Apr 26. Foreign ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean have begun on Tuesday in Caracas at an extraordinary meeting to discuss and define the issues to be discussed on 5 July in the heads of state summit to be held also in the Venezuelan capital, to be born in a new regional body parallel to the Organization of American States (OAS).
The governments of 33 countries of the continent seeking to create a regional bloc independent U.S. and Canada, which also form part of the OAS. The proposal, which took power last February in the Cancun summit, will be called the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC). The nations of the new continental body are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras , Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, St.
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said during the opening ceremony of the summit that one of the topics of discussion will be "the so-called democracy clause" of CELAC.
"We will review the agenda from here on 5 July to strengthen their call," he emphasized. "The goal is to build a set of proposals, a Latin American-Caribbean doctrine that can provide ideas on a central document to the Heads of State and Government meeting on 5 and 6 July," said Maduro.
The Summit of Caracas will coincide with the bicentenary of the Independence of Venezuela, so it is expected that the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, take advantage of the presence of the leaders of the continent to make a great celebration but the Presidency has not yet made any announcements about it.
In the coming days will bring together environment ministers in May and holders of Energy and Finance to consider some proposals for the establishment of CELAC document, which will also be discussed by the Heads of State in July. 
The governments of 33 countries of the continent seeking to create a regional bloc independent U.S. and Canada, which also form part of the OAS. The proposal, which took power last February in the Cancun summit, will be called the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC). The nations of the new continental body are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras , Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, St.
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said during the opening ceremony of the summit that one of the topics of discussion will be "the so-called democracy clause" of CELAC.
"We will review the agenda from here on 5 July to strengthen their call," he emphasized. "The goal is to build a set of proposals, a Latin American-Caribbean doctrine that can provide ideas on a central document to the Heads of State and Government meeting on 5 and 6 July," said Maduro.
The Summit of Caracas will coincide with the bicentenary of the Independence of Venezuela, so it is expected that the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, take advantage of the presence of the leaders of the continent to make a great celebration but the Presidency has not yet made any announcements about it.
In the coming days will bring together environment ministers in May and holders of Energy and Finance to consider some proposals for the establishment of CELAC document, which will also be discussed by the Heads of State in July.
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