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ALBA resolution calling for expulsion of USAID

ALBA resolution calling for expulsion of USAID

21 June 2012
Resolution from the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) for the immediate withdrawal of USAID from member countries of the alliance:
On behalf of the Chancellors of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Federal Republic of Brazil, on June 21st 2012;
Given the open interference of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the internal politics of the ALBA countries, under (...)

ALBA countries join chorus condemning "Contras" interference in Syria

ALBA countries join chorus condemning "Contras" interference in Syria

7 February 2012
In a statement issued during the eleventh summit of the organization, the nine members of the ALBA bloc (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) rejected on Sunday the "systematic policy of interference and destabilization" that seeks to "impose by force on the Syrian people a regime change."
The ALBA resolution condemns the "acts of armed violence that paramilitary groups supported by foreign powers have unleashed against the Syrian people."
The heads of States members of the (...)

Resolution of the 11th summit of the ALBA-TCP about the Syrian Arab Republic

Resolution of the 11th summit of the ALBA-TCP about the Syrian Arab Republic

6 February 2012
The Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) ratified their rejection of the systematic intervention and destabilization policy in the sister nation of the Arab Republic of Syria aimed at forcefully imposing a change of regime to the Syrian people.
The ALBA-TCP member countries condemned the acts of armed violence that irregular groups supported by foreign powers have unleashed against the Syrian people, and fervently hope that calm (...)

Special Declaration by ALBA-TCP Countries on Libya and Syria

Special Declaration by ALBA-TCP Countries on Libya and Syria

Caracas (Venezuela) | 12 September 2011
The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the member states of ALBA (the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America) gathered in Caracas on September 9 and condemned the NATO intervention in Libya and the illegal military aggression carried out under a UN Security Council resolution, saying that it opportunistically takes advantage of the internal political conflict in that country. This follows two prior ALBA statements on the issue this year: the Special Declaration of the Political (...)

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Obama administration fingerprints on Ecuador coup attempt

by Wayne Madsen

Obama administration fingerprints on Ecuador coup attempt

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 3 October 2010
With Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, coups against unaccommodating Latin American leaders would appear to be back in style. After Honduran President Zalaya’s overthrow in June 2009, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa was the latest target. An outspoken member of ALBA and Hugo Chávez close ally, Correa had been giving Washington a tough time. Behind the abortive coup, Wayne Madsen’s investigation not only unveils the modus operandi of the CIA through its front agencies, but also lays bare Mossad’s murky activities inside Ecuador.

Raul Castro in Venezuela for ALBA Summit

Raul Castro in Venezuela for ALBA Summit

19 April 2010
Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Venezuela on Sunday afternoon to participate in the main celebrations for the bicentennial of the beginning of Venezuela’s struggle for independence, including the Ninth Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) regional cooperation and integration bloc.

Venezuelan Minister Highlights ALBA’s Educational Performance

Havana (Cuba) | 10 February 2010
The Venezuelan Education Minister Hector Navarro, praised in this city on Tuesday the performance of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) in the transformation of that nation’s educational system.

Cuban FM Praises ALBA’s Role in Haiti Crisis

Havana (Cuba) | 25 January 2010
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla praised the role of and the assistance provided by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) to the people of Haiti after the devastation caused in this Caribbean nation by an earthquake almost two weeks ago.

ALBA Transnational Project of Medicine Control to Be Presented in Cuba

Havana (Cuba) | 22 January 2010
A transnational project led by the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America’s Center for Drugs Regulation will be presented during the 7th International Symposium on Quality to take place in Havana by mid January.

The ALBA Summit: a meeting for remembering and creating

by AIN, Néstor Núñez

The ALBA Summit: a meeting for remembering and creating

Havana (Cuba) | 27 November 2009
Five years ago in Cuba’s capital, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez gave birth to what was then known as the Bolivarian Alternative for the People of Our America (ALBA). Perhaps at that time many paid greater attention to the political effect of this event, than to its real and tangible importance on the economy, society and integration.

Hugo Chavez Speaks with Cuban Delegation about Upcoming ALBA Summit

Hugo Chavez Speaks with Cuban Delegation about Upcoming ALBA Summit

Havana (Cuba) | 23 November 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met on Sunday at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas with a Cuban delegation headed by the VP of the island’s Council of Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz.

ALBA drops the dollar and envisions a military alliance against the US

ALBA drops the dollar and envisions a military alliance against the US

17 October 2009
The Heads of State and Government of countries belonging to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, met in Cochabamba (Bolivia) where they signed a treaty creating a new virtual currency, dubbed the Sucre.
The currency - named after General Antonio José de Sucre, Simón Bolivar’s companion and hero of the Latin American liberation struggle against Spanish imperialism - is slated to replaced the dollar in all commercial exchanges between ALBA countries.
Indeed, as explained (...)

Declaration about the Situation in Honduras by ALBA Member Countries in the OAS

Declaration about the Situation in Honduras by ALBA Member Countries in the OAS

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 22 September 2009
September 22nd, 2009
Meeting in Washington DC, as representatives to the Organisation of American States (OAS) from member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of Americas (ALBA), we express our condemnation of the massive violation of human rights of the people of Honduras, who, throughout that country are showing their support for the constitutional president of the Republic of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and his return to Tegucigalpa.
The continued aggression (...)

The Obama administration’s first military coup

Now SouthCom’s in control: SouthCom grabs the reins of an ALBA member state

by Thierry Meyssan

Now SouthCom's in control: SouthCom grabs the reins of an ALBA member state

Beirut (Lebanon) | 29 June 2009
In raising questions about US military presence in Soto Cano and in subscribing to Alba, Honduras has enraged Washington. Soldiers trained at the School of Americas and led by US Advisers have toppled the Constitutionally elected president Manuel Zelaya and have installed in his place his rival, also in the liberal party, Roberto Micheletti. Thierry Meyssan revisits what is at stake in this confrontation which marks the willingness of the Obama Administration to take Latin America in hand.

Americas Summit: ALBA Nations Condemn Capitalism

Americas Summit: ALBA Nations Condemn Capitalism

21 April 2009
The following statement was issued on April 17 by six of the seven governments of the ALBA economic and social alliance in Latin America. (The seventh member, Ecuador, was unable to attend the meeting.) The ALBA countries declare that an entirely different approach to the world’s problems is required.

Defining the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas - ALBA

by Michael Fox

Defining the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas - ALBA

Caracas (Venezuela) | 9 August 2006
Much has been written and theorized about the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) since President Chavez first proposed the idea at Isla Margarita at the III Summit of the Heads of State and the Government of the Association of Caribbean States in December, 2001.

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Defining the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas - ALBA

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Americas Summit: ALBA Nations Condemn Capitalism

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Special Declaration by ALBA-TCP Countries on Libya and Syria

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ALBA resolution calling for expulsion of USAID

Raul Castro in Venezuela for ALBA Summit

Hugo Chavez Speaks with Cuban Delegation about Upcoming ALBA Summit

Venezuelan Minister Highlights ALBA’s Educational Performance

Declaration about the Situation in Honduras by ALBA Member Countries in the OAS

Now SouthCom’s in control: SouthCom grabs the reins of an ALBA member state
The Obama administration’s first military coup

Resolution of the 11th summit of the ALBA-TCP about the Syrian Arab Republic