South America and Africa unite against World Powers
South America and Africa unite against World Powers
Hugo Chavez has pledged Venezuela’s assistance in Africa at a summit of South American and African leaders ensuring “South-South” ties.
Venezuela will help in oil projects, mining and financial assistance in a bid for the Southern regions to join forces against US and European Union dominance.
“In the 21st century, the African Union and South America will truly be great powers,” the Venezuelan president said, “With this summit, a new era begins in the unity of South America and Africa.”
The meeting, on Margarita Island, gave Chavez an opportunity to increase his influence in Africa while criticising US and European influence in poorer nations.
The summit dealt with a wide range of concerns, from the economic crisis to hunger in Africa and a common response to climate change.
An agreement by South American leaders was signed to create a regional development bank with $20 billion in start-up capital, and Chavez offered to help create a “South-South bank” with African countries in the future.
Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi on his first visit to Latin America also highlighted the need of the two Southern regions to unite to guarantee more influence and form a defence bloc. Gaddafi referred to the alliance as a “NATO for the South,” calling it “SATO.”
Gaddafi condemned the “imperialism” of wealthy countries, “They think the planet is divided into two parts: masters and slaves. The masters are in the North and in the South are the slaves.”
Gaddafi said that the two continents needed to unite to demand change to help restore “equilibrium at the international level,” after denouncing the UN Security Council as an elite club where nations such as Libya have no voice.
“In the North, they live in a state of terror as a result of the hatred they’ve generated,” he said about the leading world powers, “They say they face terrorism. They’re terrified. … But they themselves have created the phenomenon”.
African leaders including South African President Jacob Zuma and Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika met eight South American leaders at the summit.
Chavez showed his support for Robert Mugabe saying “they demonize him” in the news media because he’s an “anti-colonialist.”
Chavez said, “We have to line up in his defence.”
Mugabe claimed that Zimbabwe were nevertheless “going ahead” after criticising economic sanctions imposed against his government by the US and European Union.
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