The Summit reaches a unanimous agreement with several objections from Argentina

Just as in the plenary session of the XXX Ibero-American Summit, no major confrontations have been perceived between the representatives of the 22 countries of the Community, nor does the declaration they have approved contain disruptive elements. An advance compared to the international meeting in Cuenca, in 2024, where a text was not achieved with unanimity and there were empty chairs.

The document endorsed today aims to confirm the union of the Ibero-American System, something that they have insisted on defending actively and passively in the various forums in which the different representatives have participated these days. Aiming to speak to the world with "its own voice" and promoting its interests on the international stage. Even Cuba and Venezuela want to continue being part of this international scene.

The 20-point Declaration reaffirms the commitment to the Community, celebrates the achievements obtained in the 30 summits held, reiterates the commitment to "multilateralism and an international order based on full respect for the sovereignty of States", rejects "coercion and measures contrary to International Law and the Charter of the United Nations", demands that the achievements achieved by the Community must be closer to the people, reaffirms that the objective is to achieve a future for the citizens of the Community in which No one is left behind, it is decided to continue working on development cooperation, strengthen education, promote equality and strengthen democracy.

In addition, the four instruments that the Ibero-American Secretary General, Andrés Allamand, sought to promote are approved: the Ibero-American Network for Disaster Risk Reduction and Civil Protection, the Ibero-American Alliance for Artificial Intelligence, the Ibero-American Charter for Academic Mobility and the Care and Support Charter.

Of course, just as the Argentine president, Javier Milei, was the harshest in his message, the Declaration contains notes from several countries and the one that raises the most objections is Argentina. The document indicates that this country dissociates itself from paragraphs 4, 10, 11 and 12. The first point refers to the rejection of "coercion" and the last three refer to three of the four milestones achieved for greater integration: the alliance in AI, academic mobility and support for the sectors dedicated to care and support. In addition, it makes a note to the gender issue that is mentioned in point 6. It says that it asks to promote equality and the note that the South American country makes is that "it understands the concept of gender as referring to the female and male sexes."

Likewise, Colombia, Costa Rica and Paraguay do not feel identified with point 4 either. Paraguay does not sign up to the alliance regarding AI and points out the issue of gender with this phrase: "of equal rights for men and women."

The gender issue is what has caused the most discrepancy in the text, something that already happened at the previous Cuenca summit.

With the mechanism of dissociation what is shown is disagreement, but the text moves forward anyway.

Not only did the meeting in Madrid come out with the declaration, but several special communications were also reached, including one on the Argentine question of the Malvinas Islands, in which they promote dialogue between both nations. This is always one of Milei's biggest claims.