Chavez heralds new regional alliance
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States brings together 33 nations but excludes the US and Canada.
Published On 3 Dec 2011
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has opened the first summit of a new regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Caracas.
The alliance of 33 nations – known as CELAC – excludes the United States and Canada. Chavez said the time had come to put an end to what he called US hegemony.
Al Jazeera’s Jesse Mesner-Hage reports.