To the Caribbean they will create a political bloc in the region

The Caribbean and Latin American leaders seek to set aside their differences over the scope and the political nuance which must be a new regional bloc that becomes a mechanism more representative and effective own challenges and globalization.

The so-called community of Latin American countries and Caribbean (CELAC) will formally be born in a two day summit to be held from Friday in Caracas.

The differences and interests of the Nations Latin American and Caribbean over the years put brake to the need to create a new entity that project and involve all the countries of the hemisphere, except for United States and Canada.

"We need something new, something our, and we have great hope that this new forum probably can replace even the OAS", recently said the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, close ally of Chavez.

Chavez is the most critical of u000aAmerican foreign policy, who has repeatedly accused the OAS meddling in Venezuelan Affairs and be an instrument at the service of Washington.

From the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff until the Mexican President Felipe Calderón, there are many voices who have defended the creation of the group as a forum to resolve disputes, to talk about the interests of the region and help to promote the development economic.

"We don't want that (CELAC) is an alternative to the OAS or that you replace".

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A tribute to the CELAC from the OAS
the Secretary general of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, praised the creation of the new group and expressed in a statement in Washington that the CELAC "probably constitutes an efficient mechanism for coordination and regional political dialogue".

Insulza added that he will take contact with its Pro-Tempore Secretariat to analyse the extensive possibilities of u000acooperation between both bodies. NEDA Brown, a spokeswoman for the State Department in Washington, said that there were other groups in the region that "can be useful partners" and they do not include the United States.

Added United States interacts with these groups "as an important part of helping to resolve problems constructively and engage with key stakeholders in the region". For Romero, the creation of the community "in practices it will be an important but not fundamental step in the process of Latin American integration, which is a difficult process", due to the economic and political differences between Member countries, added.

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