Low Attendance and Diplomatic Tensions at EU-Celac Summit

Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

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The fourth summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) kicked off on Sunday in the Colombian city of Santa Marta, amid significant diplomatic friction and a noticeable lack of high-level engagement from both blocs. Read full article

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Brasileiro
The summit that truly matters is the China-CELAC summit. What is there to discuss with the bankrupt West? Colonialism, slavery, theft of natural resources, arrogance, ignorance... we don't need any of that.

China is far more important; we can discuss job and income generation, technology, trade, defense, global order, the movement of people, education, and health.

What do you prefer?
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Steve Potts
The EU backtracked after they signed an agreement with CELAC (The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) that supported that block’s historical position regarding the Falkland Islands. (July 2023).

It was big faux pas that exposed the EU’s political ambitions.
EU, CELAC and the Falklands: 2 pgs https://www.academia.edu/104850418/CELAC_and_the_Falklands
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