Marcelo Ebrard
Argentina assumes pro tempore presidency of CELAC
CELAC was founded by Commander Hugo Chávez in 2011 in Venezuela, with the objective to promote regional unity, political cooperation, and socio-economic development of all member countries
Latin American and Caribbean leaders approve historic agreement at CELAC summit
The heads of state of the regional block agreed on a 44-point declaration which addressed the strategy against COVID-19 and climate change and took a stand against the blockade on Cuba
- Ambulance drivers and nurses strike in Croatia
- IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran, Iran vows revenge
- Iraqi leftist poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies aged 88
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
