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Raul Castro stresses agreement to create a regional community Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Email To Friend    Print Version (ACN) -- Cuban President Raúl Castro, said on Monday the decision taken at the Summit of the Unity to create the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is of historic importance. Cuba considers conditions exist for rapid progress in establishing a purely regional Latin American and Caribbean organization that integrates and represents the 33 independent nations of the region, said the Cuban president in the summit that wrapped up on Monday morning at the Mayan Riviera, Mexico. Mexican President Felipe Calderon (R) receives Cuban President Raul Castro upon his arrival in Cancun, Mexico. AFP PHOTO Speaking at the last session of the summit, the Cuban president said the celebration in Caracas for the next summit in 2011 would be the right time to complete the preparatory work of the organization and implement it, according Prensa Latina news agency. Being an independent nation is a prerequisite for being part of this entity, which will be characterized by the respect for cultural diversity, the different geographic and economic dimensions, the political system that each country adopts, the disparity of natural resources and social development, he said. The Cuban president expressed the aspiration that the document establishing that body is efficiently drafted in order to deliver it during the next summit and he added that Cuba will work with dedication in this endeavor. Castro acknowledged the adoption of a special document that demands for the ending of the unjust US economic, commercial and financial blockade, against Cuba and the expressions of solidarity with his country expressed in the presidential meeting. The president began his speech with a fraternal message of the brother people of Cuba to Mexico, whose land has nurtured so many Latin Americans, including the leaders of the Cuban Revolution. At the end of the morning, the Mexican President Felipe Calderón, the event’s host, closed this Summit, historical because of the range of integration for the region and the agreement to establish a regional organization without the presence of US or Canada, which shall be constituted in Caracas in July 2011.   Reads : 32 Back... Comments: No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment. Back... Send us your comments!   Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum or as a Letter to the Editor. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content. We will in special circumstances protect a writer's identity only after we have established good cause for anonymity, otherwise we will not be able to publish the submission. For your contribution to reach us, you must (a) provide a valid e-mail address and (b) click on the validation link that will be sent to the e-mail address you provide.  If the address is not valid or you don't click on the validation link, it will be a waste of your time typing your submission because we will never see it! Your Name: Your Email: (Validation required) Comments: Enter Validation Code *