Latin America is in rebellion against the US: Morales

April 17, 2012

Tehran, April 17: Bolivian President Evo Morales says that Latin American countries are in rebellion against the United States after years of domination by their northern neighbor.

He made the remarks on Monday in Cartagena, Colombia on the last day of the Summit of the Americas, which gathered leaders and representatives of members of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes all of the countries of the Western Hemisphere except Cuba.

“It seems the United States still wants to isolate us from the world, it thinks it can still manipulate Latin America, but that's ending,” Morales said.

“What I think is that this is a rebellion of Latin American countries against the United States,” he added.

The United States emerged from the summit in Colombia increasingly isolated, as nearly 30 regional leaders protested the continued exclusion of Cuba by refusing to sign a joint declaration.

The US insistence that Havana implement democratic reforms before returning to the hemispheric family led to a clash with a united front of both leftist and conservative governments that see Washington's policy toward Cuba as a relic of the Cold War.

However, some Latin American leaders, such as Mexican President Felipe Calderon, expressed the opinion that US President Barack Obama is not as bad as previous US presidents who attended the Summit of the Americas.

“I think it's the first time I've seen a president of the United States spend almost the entire summit sitting, listening to all the concerns of all countries,” Calderon said.

“This was a very valuable gesture by President Obama,” he added.

At a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Obama emphasized that his administration had made some changes in its policy toward Cuba already and was open to more if it saw more signs of democratic reforms.

“I'm not somebody who brings to the table here a lot of baggage from the past, and I want to look at all these problems in a new and fresh way,” the US president said.

However, Morales denounced the “US dictatorship over South America and the Caribbean,” adding, “The United States and Cuba have something in common: both send troops to other countries. Cuba sends medical care; whereas the United States sends troops to end lives. That's the big difference.”

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In meeting with Zohran Mamdani, Trump repeats claim he stopped India-Pak war

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November 22,2025

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has again claimed to have solved the conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating his assertion during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office.

Mamdani flew to Washington DC for his first meeting with Trump in the White House on Friday. Trump said he “enjoyed” the meeting, which he described as “great.”

During remarks in the Oval Office, with Mamdani standing next to him, Trump repeated his claim that he solved the May conflict between India and Pakistan.

"I did eight peace deals of countries, including India and Pakistan,” he said.

On Wednesday, Trump had said he threatened to put 350 per cent tariffs on India and Pakistan if they did not end their conflict, repeating his claim that he solved the fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say “we're not going to go to war.”

Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim over 60 times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan.

India has consistently denied any third-party intervention. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.

Mamdani emerged victorious in the closely-watched battle for New York City Mayor, becoming the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected to sit at the helm of the largest city in the US.

He had been the front-runner in the NYC Mayoral election for months and defeated Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and political heavyweight former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent candidate and was officially endorsed by Trump just hours before the elections.

Indian-descent Mamdani is the son of renowned filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani. He was born and raised in Kampala, Uganda and moved to New York City with his family when he was 7. Mamdani became a naturalised US citizen only recently, in 2018.

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