Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia debated at 8th EUROLAT plenary session

US-Cuba relations, Venezuela´s situation and the Colombia Peace Process were among the topics debated at the eighth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eurolat), which opened on Thursday in Brussels. MEPs and members of Latin America’s parliaments are to deliver a political message to the heads of state or government meeting in Brussels on 10-11 June for the European, Latin American and Caribbean Summit (EU-CELAC) "Latin America is a key player for the European Union - we cannot look only to China, Russia or India", said European Parliament First Vice-President Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) when opening the session. He nonetheless noted the progress made thanks to the EU-Central America association agreement and EU trade agreements with Colombia and Peru. He also said that the EU and Latin America must cooperate on three common challenges: the climate change conference to be held in Paris in December, a post-2015 development agenda and fighting drug trafficking, organized crime and corruption. More…