{"id":290359,"date":"2025-01-27T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=290359"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:43:05","slug":"honduran-president-calls-for-emergency-celac-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=290359","title":{"rendered":"Honduran President calls for \u201cemergency\u201d Celac Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/data\/cache\/noticias\/103211\/0x0\/xio.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/data\/cache\/noticias\/103211\/760x480\/xio.jpg\" alt=\"The immigration crisis is expected to relaunch Celac's regional role among progressive leaders\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) &#8212; Honduran President Xiomara Castro launched an appeal for leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to convene \u201curgently\u201d to discuss the ongoing crisis sparked by US President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to speed up deportations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI urgently call for a meeting of presidents and heads of state; next Thursday, January 30,\u201d Castro posted on X. The gathering is expected to be held \u201cin a hybrid format,\u201d meaning some will attend in person and others will participate in a telematic fashion. The encounter has been scheduled for 5 pm GMT and should focus on \u201cmigration\u201d, \u201cLatin American and Caribbean unity,\u201d and \u201cenvironment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who engaged in a diplomatic tug-of-war with Trump this weekend over the treatment given to deportees, has announced he would be flying to Tegucigalpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt will be an opportunity to address strategic issues for the region, such as cooperation on migration, protection of human rights,\u201d the Colombian presidency said in a statement Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Petro recalled on X that in a matter of weeks, Colombia was to pick up the Celac&#8217;s rotating presidency from Honduras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Presidents Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Claudia Scheinbaum of Mexico held a telephone conversation during which they discussed Celac&#8217;s role (which leaves out the United States and Canada) as an alternative continental organization to the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Sheinbaum announced that she would seek \u201cunity in Latin America\u201d in the face of Trump&#8217;s new administration. She made those remarks after talks with Castro and also with Guatemalan President Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo. &#8212; NNN-MERCOPRESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) &#8212; Honduran President Xiomara Castro launched an appeal for leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to convene \u201curgently\u201d to discuss the ongoing crisis sparked by US President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to speed up deportations. \u201cI urgently call for a meeting of presidents and heads of state; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":290360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290359"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290361,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290359\/revisions\/290361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/290360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}