Potential partners and participants such as youth representatives, NGOs, the Caribbean Community and Common Market Secretariat (CARICOM), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and numerous UN agencies also participated in the debates.

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If the U.S can live with a strong European Union and European common market, there is no reason why a similar Latin American and Caribbean body should be a problem.

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