Caracas, April 19, 2024.- “It is necessary to build the method along with the people to activate the Council of Social Movements of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty”.

Jorge Arreaza, Executive Secretary of the Alliance, stated this during the opening of the conference: “The principle of unity as a transformation element”, within the context of the Gathering for a World Social Alternative, taking place from April 18 to 20 at the Meliá Hotel, in Caracas, Venezuela.

“We have to take ALBA as the soul of our peoples, we have to talk to our children about ALBA (…) our continent, that is, Our America, is the one greatly impacted by the Alliance,” said Arreaza at the meeting organized by ALBA-TCP and the Simón Bolívar Institute.

He also said that the peoples are the fuel, “but the peoples need a driving wheel to express their ideas, and for that, they need ALBA”.

Moreover, he said that the social movements, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty must “rise up and revolt” against U.S. imperialism and succeed in transforming the global geopolitical reality of power.

“ALBA is not only for governments, we have to make you in the world understand that ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America belongs to everyone, and we must be very clear about the meaning of Simón Bolívar, Bolívar is essential,” he stressed.

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During the meeting, Arreaza said that the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America promotes the 2030 agenda, which includes fostering new projects to strengthen economic, health, education, food and environmental protection plans, among others.

“Unity is the only possible path and to work in unity we have to work on agreements (…) For this, the Council of Social Movements is crucial, you are the only ones who can make a counter-proposal to U.S. imperialism”, he stated.

Arreaza stated that ALBA and the social movements should also work on an agenda to support Haiti, as well as to defend Palestine.

Finally, the Executive Secretary considered that ALBA should be the soul of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) before it turns into a new FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas).

“Let us make ALBA our common flag, let us unite all of us against the main enemy (imperialism and capitalism). Capitalism dehumanizes and isolates us,” he said.