During the sessions of the Working Group, experiences on the electoral victories of the peoples of Bolivia, Honduras, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil were socialized.​​

Caracas, November 21 (RHC)-- The Vice-President for International Affairs of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Adán Chávez, stated this Saturday that the São Paulo Forum has allowed the advancement of integration and unity of the peoples.

Chávez intervened at the closing of the meeting of the Enlarged Working Group of the Forum, held at the International University of Communications in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.  He said that thanks to this integration and unity, a new geopolitical reality can be seen in Latin America and the Caribbean.

He appreciated that this is a contribution of the left to the freedom and sovereignty of the nations of the area.  Based on this achievement, he urged to cement unity, sustain the struggle in a permanent way and remain alert to future attacks by imperialism.

During the sessions of the Working Group, experiences on the electoral victories of the peoples of Bolivia, Honduras, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil were socialized.  Adan Chávez celebrated the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil and of the first leftist president in the history of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.

He reflected on the importance of these facts for Latin American revolutionaries and for the happiness of the peoples, especially after the wave of neoliberal restoration suffered in recent years.

For her part, the first vice-president of the Party of the European Left (PIE), Maite Mola, appreciated that this political force, challenged by the disunity and the advance of the right wing in Europe, finds a solid reference in this Latin American experience.  She also highlighted the work of the São Paulo Forum as an instrument that allowed the triumph of progressivism and popular governments, always with unity, taking first the streets and then the institutions, she said.

Camilla Fabri Saab, wife of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, "victim of the unjust war of U.S. imperialism against the Bolivarian Revolution", participated in the closing plenary of the Working Group.  

This Saturday it was announced that the Working Group will hold its next meeting in the Colombian capital, Bogota, during the first semester of 2023.  The announcement was made by the executive secretary of the Forum, Monica Valente, who added that on that date an international meeting of publications of leftist parties and movements, promoted by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), will also be held.

According to press reports, more than 65 delegates of leftist parties from 22 countries participated in the debates in Caracas.  Through work tables, they made a diagnosis of the current political situation and identified a joint action plan that will allow to continue consolidating the anti-imperialist and popular struggle.