Latin American and Caribbean leaders, meeting in the Dominican Republic, have slammed Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies and border wall project.<br /><br /> Most of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States are from Latin America.<br /><br /> The CELAC summit heard calls for the US President to respect migrants’ human rights.<br /><br /> “The solution to stopping migration isn’t walls or borders,” argued Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa.<br /><br /> “It’s solidarity, humanity and the creation of peace and well-being for everyone in the world. So long as a just distribution of wealth is not met, the world’s social problems will not be resolved.”<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Leaders from across Latin America vow to resist Donald Trump’s “protectionist” policies https://t.co/StATtAOD3H pic.twitter.com/HfTGT6b95d— Bloomberg (@business) 26 janvier 2017<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> President Raul Castro said Cuba hoped to continue normalising relations with the US but <br />stressed it would not make concessions affecting its sovereignty.<br /><br /> “Cuba and the United States can cooperate and live side by side in a civilised manner, respecting our differences and promoting all that is of benefit for both countries and people,” Castro said in his government’s first remarks since Trump took office on Friday.<br /><br /> “But it should not hope that to achieve this, Cuba will make concessions inherent to its independence and sovereignty.” <br /><br /> Under Barack Obama, the US and its former Cold War foe restored diplomatic ties and signed cooperation accords.<br /><br /> But before taking office, Trump threatened to torpedo the detente with Cuba, demanding that what he called ‘a better deal’ be made.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> with Reuters<br />
