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The European Parliament’s political action group ECR Eurolat announced the holding, for the second consecutive year, of the Iberosphere Summit, a transatlantic meeting in defense of democratic values and freedom in the Western Hemisphere.
The meeting, whose leader is Hermann Tertsch, MEP for the Spanish conservative party VOX, will take place in Madrid on October 10-11 and will be attended by leaders and political figures from multiple Spanish-speaking countries.
Among them will be Colombian senator María Fernanda Cabal, Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado, Spanish VOX deputies Jorge Buxadé, Iván Espinosa de los Monteros and Rocío Monasterio, American senator Ana María Rodríguez, politician and former candidate for the presidency of Chile, José Antonio Kast, Brazilian diplomat Ernesto Araújo, Cuban writer Zoé Valdés, persecuted by the communist dictatorship.
The purpose of both the ECR Eurolat and the Summit is to build an alliance of democratic forces defending freedom and Western values in Ibero-America and Europe, and will discuss left-wing totalitarian governments.
“This European-Ibero-American alliance aims to help consolidate a common defense of values and institutions in both Europe and Ibero-America, to forge solid synergies of cooperation and ideological common defense of values and institutions of both Europe and Ibero-America, forge solid synergies of cooperation and ideological body, as well as content for the cultural battle that takes place around the world, but especially in the Ibero-American subcontinent,” explained the deputy Tertsch in the official announcement.
During the first day, the guests will discuss the economic, political and environmental consequences of narco-communism, and its tendency to come to power through terrorism and lead the country to a constituent process, as happened in Venezuela and Chile.
They will also address the issue of education and mass indoctrination, part of the culture war promoted by the left with the purpose of destroying democracies.
The second day will be devoted to reflecting on the resurgence of democracy after the collapse of communist regimes in Europe and its rebirth in Latin American nations. Leaders from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss the advance of common enemies China and Russia throughout the region.
In addition, they will present ideas on how to confront the extreme left-wing narratives and policies that seek to take Latin America down the road to communism, as well as possible solutions for countries subjected to these regimes, such as Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
The closing speech will be given by the president of VOX, Spanish conservative leader Santiago Abascal.
Tomás Lugo, journalist and writer. Born in Venezuela and graduated in Social Communication. Has written for international media outlets. Currently living in Colombia // Tomás Lugo, periodista y articulista. Nacido en Venezuela y graduado en Comunicación Social. Ha escrito para medios internacionales. Actualmente reside en Colombia.