teleSUR Coverage of the Seventh Summit of the Americas & People’s Summit that Declared Solidarity With Cuba & Venzuela

Ecuadorean Rafael Correa of Ecuador issued a statement in which that the region will no longer tolerate external intervention or aggression.

“The seventh summit of the Americas was an historic conference which demonstrated that we will never be anyone’s backyard,” Correa stated.

The four day People’s Summit convened close to 2,000 representatives of social movements from across the hemisphere met in Panama to discuss issues ranging from U.S. sanctions on Venezuela to Puerto Rican independence.