Former heads of diplomacy of 13 Latin American countries issued a joint manifesto in which they declared threats to the international order, called on the region to regain its voice and role in protecting previously established principles, and also spoke out in support of Ukraine, calling for continued assistance to it, and condemning Russia's actions.

"In the first place, we denounce the attack on the principle of the inviolability of territory, as we have witnessed in Vladimir Putin's devastating invasion of Ukraine. It is not acceptable for a permanent member of the UN Security Council to launch a colonial war of conquest against a neighboring country. Ukraine is fighting for its independence and Latin America must support it vigorously. The United States should also maintain its assistance to Ukraine, regardless of its efforts to end this war," the document reads.

The Manifesto was signed by 38 Latin American politicians and diplomats, including 33 former foreign ministers of Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Chile, who also held the positions of vice presidents of these countries, ambassadors to the UN and senior positions in international organizations at various times. One of the signatories was the former High Representative of the Government of Colombia for Peace (2012-17), previously the National Security Advisor of Colombia Sergio Jaramillo, who published the text of the manifesto on the channel of his organization "Aguanta Ucrainia" on the X social network.

"Secondly, we denounce the attack on human rights and International Humanitarian Law, the indispensable legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflict, as we have seen in the Russia's campaign of deliberate attacks on civilians across Ukraine," the signatories of the document said.

At the same time, they expressed their solidarity with President of Panama José Raúl Mulino and rejected the recent statements of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the Panama Canal.

The signatories of the manifesto cite examples of the decline of the international order and declare its disintegration at the present time.

"The principles and consensuses that have regulated relations between nations since the horrors of World War II, including the sacred principle of non-aggression, are being dismantled and replaced by power blocs built around the law of the strongest. This is not the world we Latin Americans want to live in. And that is why we call on our continent to recover its voice and its role in defence of the principles which it has always professed... Latin America insisted on the importance of such principles as 'the proscription of territorial conquest', 'the adoption of conciliation, comprehensive arbitration or international justice to settle any difference or dispute' and 'the recognition that respect for the personality, sovereignty and independence of each American State constitutes the essence of the international order," the document reads.

It also condemns attacks on free trade and attempts to impose higher barriers on Latin American exports and the use of tariffs as an instrument of political pressure in violation of the rules agreed upon in the WTO. It also condemns the attacks on commitments made in the existential fight against climate change, with only a few countries meeting emission reduction targets

"We call on our countries to reinvigorate regional fora, to identify shared interests beyond our differences and, in the midst of assaults we are experiencing on international law, to build with the same audacity and determination of eighty years ago a vision of a renewed multilateralism in which everyone has a place and Latin America once again has a voice," the manifesto concludes.