In light of the current serious situation in the Republic of Haiti, the Member States of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) issued a communiqué expressing their concern and solidarity for Haiti following the resignation of that nation’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry, last March 11.

In this regard, the Alliance made up of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica and St. Lucia, considers that its complex and violent situation “requires immediate international attention and assistance to this population, whose welfare and development are the main reasons for any action to be taken in Haiti today”.

The Alliance stated in its communiqué that some of its member countries “have been in communication with regional players and have closely followed the efforts led by CARICOM”.

Likewise, the regional bloc reaffirmed that interventionism has historically been the gateway to failure that hinders any possibility of developing the social and economic well-being of the Haitian people and urges “not to repeat the past mistakes”.

The ALBA-TCP Member States reiterated that it is “through mechanisms of effective cooperation, solidarity, as well as respect for sovereignty and self-determination of the Haitian people “will be the way to help this sister Republic overcome the difficult situation it is going through”.

Finally, ALBA-TCP affirmed that international cooperation and solidarity, always committed to the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, will be the means to ensure that the Haitian people “can recover the peace, dignity and well-being they deserve”.