(Agencia Prensa Armenia)—The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) approved on July 31 a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The Panama-based body was created in 1964 with the Declaration of Lima, and is composed by the National Congresses and Legislative Assemblies of all Iberoamerica.
This motion adds to the resolutions adopted by the Parliaments in South America this year, such as the ones adopted by the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, the Federal Senate of Brazil and the State Legislature of Rio de Janeiro.
“Among many other topics covered by the Executive Board of the Latin American Parliament and the Caribbean Declaration, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide was supported almost unanimously (with one abstention),” wrote National Deputy of Montevideo Alfredo Asti a few minutes after the passage of the resolution. “Uruguay was a pioneer in the world in this recognition [of the Armenian Genocide] 50 years ago, and today we strongly supported this position.”
The Latin American Parliamen is a regional, permanent organization composed by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a consultative assembly similar to the early European Parliament.
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