The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, is in Cuba to participate in the celebration of the 12 years of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA).
Maduro announced through his official account in the Twitter social network @NicolasMaduro his arrival in Havana at Wednesday’s dawn to remember the birth of ALBA, an integration project in the continent that came to light on December 14, 2004.
“Arriving in Cuba 22 years after the Encounter between Fidel and Chavez, to celebrate the 12 years of the ALBA and ratify the Path of Union and Liberation,” wrote the Venezuelan President.
Nicolás Maduro
@NicolasMaduro
“Arriving in Cuba 22 years after the Encounter between Fidel and Chavez, to celebrate the 12 years of the ALBA and ratify the Path of Union and Liberation.”
00:12 – 14 Dec 2016
Maduro was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.
The history of ALBA:
The Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) officially emerged on December 14, 2004, as an option against the Free Trade Area for the Americas (FTAA), considered by the leaders of the region as an imperialist plan of submission that deepened the poverty of the people of the area, by promoting the free will of the transnationals and the market.
Commander Hugo Chávez had presented the idea of ALBA since 2001, as part of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States, but it was not until years later that, with the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was signed the Joint declaration.
In 2006, Bolivia joined, and ALBA was enriched with the proposal of the Treaties of Commerce of the Peoples (TCP), tools for a solidarity and complementary exchange to benefit the peoples.
In June 2009, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries decided that the ALBA-TCP would be known as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas-Peoples Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) on the understanding that the political growth and strengthening of ALBA-TCP constitutes a real and effective force, according to the body’s digital website.
So far, 13 summits have been held, and member countries have benefited from initiatives such as the Mission Miracle, the ALBA Cultural Fund and the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba.
ALBA-TCP will continue to work to preserve the achievements of these 12 years, such as the strengthening of Latin American unity; The promotion of a multi-center and multi-polar political system; The fight against interventionism and war; and the defense of the sovereignty of Our Americas. It also proposes to increase the program for people with disabilities and literacy programs.
Cuba, Bolivia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela are the countries making the ALBA-TCP.
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