Chavez, Morales lead climate summit walkout
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Hugo Chavez slammed US President Barak Obama in his speech to the climate summit before staging a walkout of countries in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA).
Venezuelan President Chavez said: “We are leaving we cannot wait any longer, together with the countries that we are representing, we are leaving knowing that it was not possible to have an agreement here.”
His ally Evo Morales, President of Bolivia said: “We would like to denounce the fact that there are groups of presidents working on the document – but not all.”
Chavez mocked Obama saying: “Obama came, spoke, and went out through that little door over there. That is the emperor who comes in the middle of the night and cooks up a document that we won’t accept and we will never accept.”
The two Presidents reflected widespread frustrations by delegates that a secret deal is being hatched between a limited group of leaders behind closed doors.
“We were not invited to participate – certainly not. We would like to state clearly all countries are equal. We don’t have first category people and second category people.” Chavez said.
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) comprises: Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Cuba, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda.
