 The 7th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, was held on January 24th in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The summit saw the participation of the majority of the newly elected progressive leaders of the region. The summit also marked the return of Brazil to CELAC after three years, as well as of President Luis Inacio Lula de Silva, who played an important role in the creation of the body. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to travel to the summit, but amid threats by far-right leaders in Argentina, he was forced to cancel his participation. All 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are part of CELAC. It was founded by late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2011 in Caracas, Venezuela. The objective of CELAC is to promote regional unity and peace, political cooperation, and socioeconomic development of all member countries. This year's summit provided an opportunity to consolidate multilateral relations among the regional countries, when the United States continues to attack progressive governments in the region. The coup in Peru and the heavy violence inflicted on protesters by security forces was also widely denounced. We condemn the coup in Peru and the aggression that the Peruvian people are subjected to. Our solidarity with President Electo Pedro Castillo and we demand his immediate release. There is much to be done. We must continue without rest, seeking the path of democratic and socialist unity. Following the U.S.-backed civic military coup in Bolivia in 2019, the legislative coup in Peru in 2022, and the attempt at coup in Brazil in early January, several leaders have been looking to substitute the U.S.-backed OAS with CELAC as the primary regional integration organization. We are joined by the indispensable Latin American and Caribbean integration, in this diverse and inclusive mechanism, supported in a deep vocation of independence. In Washington, the commitment to divide us, to stigmatize us, and to subordinate us to its interests is almost 200 years since the promulgation of Dutrina Monroe. With the remaining arguments that the history offers us, I say equally that we will not recognize, nor will we recognize, the authority of the OAS, which is the U.S. prison organization, supported and supported military interventions, coups of state and the Latin American interference of the Caribbean against popular and legitimate governments. The OAS is the organization that did nothing against murder, torture, forced disappearances, and persecution of progressive and left-wing social leaders of the region, which will remain forever in our memory. Cuba has reiteratedly ratified, but it is not enough to say it today, in the meeting, the leaders discussed how to consolidate peace and democracy in the region, expressing their condemnation of all forms of anti-democratic extremism and political violence. They also discussed regional strategies to address issues such as hunger, poverty, health, education, sustainable development, climate change, among others. On Monday, January 23, a day before the CELAC summit, about 300 leaders of social and people's movements from across the region held a summit of regional social movements in Buenos Aires. The purpose of the meeting was to devise strategies to strengthen integration of regional organizations and unions to confront imperialism and promote sovereignty of peoples. They also discussed issues such as the fight against the extreme right in different countries, and the U.S. blockade of the countries of the region resulting in hunger and inequalities. On Tuesday, movements took to the streets with their messages of international solidarity and anti-imperialism. They ended the day with an event in support of the Bolivarian Revolution and the people and government of Venezuela.