EU-CELAC Summit Expresses Solidarity with Venezuela, Cuba

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The 2nd EU-CELAC summit ended yesterday in Brussels with the adoption of a declaration expressing solidarity with Venezuela and calling for the lifting of the U.S. blockade of Cuba. Speaking as pro tempore president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa called for the return of the Guantanamo Naval Base to Cuba and the rescinding of Washington's executive order declaring Venezuela a threat to U.S. national security. teleSUR