Caracas, June 27, 2024.- The Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, attended on Thursday the inauguration of the second meeting of the CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), Social chapter, which was taking place until the 29th in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Likewise, Arreaza was present at the 27th São Paulo Forum, which was also taking place in that nation. The two events were held in the context of the 15th anniversary of the coup d’état in Honduras against the former President Manuel Zelaya.

Arreaza emphasized that the Alliance is open to all nations. “We are here to break the hegemony of the dollar; ALBA is not just for the 10 member countries, the spirit goes much further, it is in the social movements of Our America, in the people, in their communities.”

On the other hand, he pointed out that “the only way to be free and independent is by being united, there is no other way, we cannot do it alone, especially in a multipolar world that is emerging and demands that we establish ourselves as power poles.”

In this sense, he proposed to discuss at CELAC meeting and at São Paulo Forum, the proposal of the World Social Alternative, a document that was born in April of this year in Venezuela from social movements.

He explained that the World Social Alternative is a document that makes proposals in the areas of finance, international affairs, environment, health, housing, food, social protection, digital world, among others. “The idea is to create a common agenda (on all topics)”, added the Executive Secretary.

Finally, he emphasized that defeating the attempted coup in Bolivia, which was intended to be executed on Wednesday, June 26, is a great victory for ALBA.

Among other authorities, Rixi Moncada from the Partido Libre of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, former Honduran president, Mónica Valente, executive secretary of São Paulo Forum; Emilio Lozada from the Communist Party of Cuba, were there.