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Community leaders from Venezuela participate in the construction of ALBA-TCP agenda

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Caracas, May 18, 2024 (Mincomunas Press).- Last Saturday, spokespeople from eight Communal Councils belonging to Commander Hugo Chávez Commune, located in Santa Rosalía parish, Libertador municipality, participated in a territorial assembly of social movements to contribute to the Venezuelan popular movement to the 2030 Agenda of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America […]

Caracas, May 18, 2024 (Mincomunas Press).- Last Saturday, spokespeople from eight Communal Councils belonging to Commander Hugo Chávez Commune, located in Santa Rosalía parish, Libertador municipality, participated in a territorial assembly of social movements to contribute to the Venezuelan popular movement to the 2030 Agenda of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), and to the World Social Alternative.

The meeting was led by the coordinator of Social Movements of the ALBA-TCP Executive Secretariat, Rubén Pereira, and the Vice Minister of Social Movements, Fernando Rodríguez, who highlighted the importance of creating a space for interaction between social movements and popular organizations to generate debates, agreements, and contributions.

He affirmed that despite the fact that Venezuela has been harassed by the United States government, it has never stopped fighting and seeking a way out of all these aggressions and sanctions. “For this, we have relied on the organization of people’s power and community-based government that has demonstrated its strength in defending our homeland.

On the other hand, Professor Pereira presented a lecture about the mission, vision, and achievements of the ALBA-TCP; he also explained that the regional integration organization was born on December 14, 2004, when it was founded by Commanders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, with the aim of promoting Latin America and the Caribbean integration and unity.

Achievements

Pereira provided a brief overview of the achievements reached by ALBA-TCP in its 19 years of existence, starting with the declaration of territories free of illiteracy, the creation of Misión Milagro (Eye care Social Mission), as well as the psychosocial genetic clinical study of people with disabilities and the training of high school graduates as community doctors.

According to the coordinator of Social Movements, Commander Chávez holds great importance for the region because he dedicated himself to strengthening existing integration mechanisms and processes and establishing new ones.

The community members recognized the importance of the activity as it allows them to socialize and delve into the social policies that the Bolivarian Government guarantees to support and assist communities.

Day of the Palestinian Struggle: ALBA-TCP reaffirms solidarity agenda with the Palestinian people

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Caracas, May 15, 2024.- The Day of the Palestinian Struggle was commemorated this Wednesday in the square of Humboldt Hotel, Waraira Repano, in Caracas with a message of solidarity, poetry, the demand for full freedom and the end of the genocide in Gaza. The activity was organized by the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of […]

Caracas, May 15, 2024.- The Day of the Palestinian Struggle was commemorated this Wednesday in the square of Humboldt Hotel, Waraira Repano, in Caracas with a message of solidarity, poetry, the demand for full freedom and the end of the genocide in Gaza.

The activity was organized by the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) and the Free Palestine Movement; and it was attended by the Executive Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez; Ambassador Fadi Alzaben; Diplomatic corps accredited to the country, members of the Palestinian community, among other citizens who support the sovereignty of that fraternal nation.

The event began with a poem recited by Hindu Anderi, an activist at the international platform of solidarity with Palestine. “You can’t beat me on land or sea, you can’t keep me silent even if you hold back my scream, you can’t kill me even if you shoot my belly… My name saves me, my name is Palestina,” she said.

A flag for Palestine

The Bolivarian Alliance’s Secretary, Jorge Arreaza, said that on behalf of the regional bloc and the Government of Venezuela, the flag of Palestine of 330 square meters, made during more than 40 hours, was raised; and he announced that ALBA is developing a series of actions in solidarity with the Palestinian people, which is currently attacked to death by the Zionist State of Israel.

He recalled that this May 15 was the 76th anniversary of the Nakba or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of Palestinians were evicted from their territory by the Israeli army. “An occupying power declared itself the owner of a territory that did not belong to it, nor will belong to it; and in order to justify its existence imposed by the imperial powers, it began a widespread massacre. It caused a violent and forced displacement, of a kind people, who inhabited those lands in peace and tolerance” Arreaza said.

The Executive Secretary reaffirmed that ALBA-TCP committed itself in April to defend the freedom of the State of Palestine, “and this is the first activity we are carrying out.”

On the other hand, the Ambassador of Palestine in Venezuela, Fadi Alzaben, expressed his gratitude on behalf of the entire Government of his country for the raising of the flag of Palestine in the Waraira Repano and for the solidarity of Venezuela and the ALBA countries.

He said that 76 years ago about 800,000 Palestinians were dispossessed of their homes. “Today, more than 7 million Palestinians hope to return to their homeland,” while he denounced that the attacks have left more than 35,000 people killed and over 1.9 million Palestinians displaced.

The genocide perpetrated by the Zionist State of Israel from October 7th until today has destroyed 459 Palestinian schools, mostly built by the United Nations (UN), as well as 500 mosques, 443 hospitals, three churches and more than 70% of the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip. In addition, there are over 19.000 orphaned children.

A just cause

The Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez claimed it was an honor to be present on behalf of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to raise the Palestinian flag.

“Palestine is one of the most just causes that unites us and unites the peoples of the world”, she said, adding “a small group of countries, defending Zionism, seeks to dominate the will of the entire world”.

She recalled that recently at the UN, 145 countries voted in favor of the Palestinian state’s entry into this organization as a full member.

“Only nine countries, directed and led by the U.S. government, shamefully opposed the membership of Palestine, which shows us that it is not only the Zionist State of Israel, but that Zionism has taken over the main centers of power,” she warned.

The Executive Vice President asserted that the numbers of murdered and displaced people that have been registered in the Palestinian nation show “the serious crisis” of the UN; and called on all the peoples of the world to continue raising their voices for the freedom of this State. “That territory has always belonged to Palestine, the rest has been a lie of the United States,” she concluded.

Jorge Arreaza: ALBA-TCP supports all decolonization processes in the world

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Caracas, May 14, 2024.- On Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, on behalf of the regional bloc, supported all the processes of decolonization and de-neocolonization in the world. From Salón Venezuela of the Círculo Militar in Caracas, where the Caribbean Regional Seminar of the […]

Caracas, May 14, 2024.- On Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, on behalf of the regional bloc, supported all the processes of decolonization and de-neocolonization in the world.

From Salón Venezuela of the Círculo Militar in Caracas, where the Caribbean Regional Seminar of the United Nations (UN) Special Political and Decolonization Committee was held, Arreazareiterated the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist nature of the Bolivarian Alliance, while calling for Puerto Rico to be able to exercise its rights as a free and sovereign State.

“The decolonization of Puerto Rico has always been a common and historic cause in the Latin American and Caribbean region (…) on one side, we have Cuba, a completely sovereign country that exercises its rights, and on the other side, Puerto Rico, which is being denied the exercise of its rights,” said the Secretary.

In that sense, he described as unacceptable the colonization of the “island of enchantment”; and denounced that the United States exerts control over the Puerto Rican people, thus preventing its development. “It is shameful that Puerto Rico does not even have the authority to make its own timely decisions”.

“From ALBA-TCP, we once again reaffirm our support and solidarity to the people of Puerto Rico;we look forward to the day when Puerto Rico finally sits at this table as one more free and sovereign State of Our America.”

ALBA-TCP countries vote in favor of resolution granting more rights to Palestine at the United Nations

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Caracas, May 10, 2024.- The 10 Member States of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution that grants more rights to Palestine in the United Nations and requests the Security Council to incorporate this sister country as a full […]

Caracas, May 10, 2024.- The 10 Member States of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution that grants more rights to Palestine in the United Nations and requests the Security Council to incorporate this sister country as a full member.

Jorge Arreaza, Executive Secretary of the Alliance, informed this, expressing that the regional bloc has repeatedly condemned the genocide against the Palestinian people.

“Our Bolivarian Alliance has repeatedly condemned the genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, demanding an immediate ceasefire and calling for the right to the existence of a sovereign Palestinian State”, Arreaza reaffirmed it via his X account.

Over 30,000 Palestinians have died since the beginning of the conflict, 124 of them in the last day, according to the Ministry of Health of that nation, which has detailed in a statement released on its Facebook account that “the result of the Israeli aggression amounts to 71,920 wounded”.

International community and ALBA-TCP countries demand freedom for Jorge Glas

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Caracas, May 4, 2024.- In order to demand the release of the former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glas, former presidents, politicians, academics, social activists and artists from several countries signed a letter on Saturday. In the letter, the signatories denounce that on the night of April 5, 2024, the President of the Republic of […]

Caracas, May 4, 2024.- In order to demand the release of the former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glas, former presidents, politicians, academics, social activists and artists from several countries signed a letter on Saturday. In the letter, the signatories denounce that on the night of April 5, 2024, the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, ordered the violent incursion of military and police forces against the Embassy of Mexico in Quito.

“This invasion of Mexican territory was intended to kidnap Jorge Glas, former vice president who has been under judicial and political persecution for seven years (a period he spent mostly in prison), and who was in political asylum in that diplomatic headquarters,” reads the letter, also signed by ALBA’s Executive Secretary, Jorge Arreaza. 

The signatories of the document for the release of the former vice-president affirm that in the most recent Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) and in the ALBA-TCP Summit, “several regional leaders expressed themselves very clearly, calling for the release of Jorge Glas”.

Regarding this letter, Arreaza stressed that, “we demand respect for international law and the immediate return to the situation existing prior to the raid against the Mexican embassy, restoring the status of political asylum and the corresponding international protection”.

Jorge Glas was violently kidnapped and was subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. “At this moment, he is under constant death threats and his family, lawyers and colleagues are permanently harassed and intimidated,” they denounced in the letter.

They warned that this situation threatens the stability of the region, and demanded that Jorge Glas’s protection under international law be enforced. 

The letter closes by requesting that the former vicepresident be granted the corresponding safe conduct authorization to travel safe and sound to Mexican territory.

The document was signed by Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia; Jorge Arreaza, ALBA Executive Secretary; Ernesto Samper, former president of Colombia; Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban musician; Maribel Aponte (Puerto Rico); Fernando Buen Abad (Mexico), Alberto Fernández, former president of Argentina, among others.

Jorge Arreaza: no ALBA-TCP country will tolerate U.S. tutelage

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Caracas, May 4, 2024.- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) has a firm and solidary position in relation to the sovereignty of each State, said the Executive Secretary of the bloc, Jorge Arreaza, on Friday. “No ALBA country will tolerate the tutelage of the United States”, said […]

Caracas, May 4, 2024.- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) has a firm and solidary position in relation to the sovereignty of each State, said the Executive Secretary of the bloc, Jorge Arreaza, on Friday.

“No ALBA country will tolerate the tutelage of the United States”, said the Venezuelan internationalist during an interview on the TV program called A Pulso, hosted by journalist Julio Riobó, on Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). 

In his opinion, dialogue is the motto of Venezuela and of all ALBA member countries. “We are a zone of peace (…) we have a permanent dialogue with the Caribbean”.

Likewise, Arreaza stated that the ten ALBA-TCP countries support dialogue and peace as a tool for resolving differences.

“We, ALBA, have been the most affected, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua. They (the United States) bet that this would dissolve (…) we are Bolivar’s children (…) ALBA is resilient and resistant”, he stressed.

Communication and economic independence

The Executive Secretary explained that the 2030 ALBA-TCP Agenda has five horizons to be consolidated, which include economic, political, social, cultural and communicational aspects.

According to him, the Bolivarian Alliance can connect its media through the peoples, in order to build a kind of armor against the media hegemony of U.S. imperialism. 

In addition, Arreaza highlighted that the Alliance’s Council of Social Movements will soon be activated, “and communication has a strategic and fundamental role”.

“The Council of Social Movements is a challenge, but we do not want to impose a work agenda on them, we want them to create their own methods (…) in December of this year, at the ALBA-TCP Summit in Havana, we hope to have this method”, he said.

“It is about designing a common agenda of the peoples to make wise decisions in order to protect our nations,” Arreaza expressed.

Regarding alternative currencies, he added that the Alliance is studying the use of other currencies in order to put aside the dollar. “The most important challenge of ALBA-TCP is the economic one, to be able to become independent”, he affirmed during the interview. 

“The economic independence of ALBA-TCP is one of the fundamental tasks for the happiness of the peoples who make up the bloc and who are its driving force”.

Regarding culture, he announced that a drum festival will soon be held in the region, details will be provided in due course. 

ALBA-TCP against genocide

Arreaza affirmed that peoples are understanding what the right wing is and the seriousness of fascism, such as what is happening from Israel against Palestine.

“This genocide, which is sponsored by the United States, is unacceptable,” he added, while stressing that the regional bloc is taking a stand at all times and immediately against the crimes in Gaza. “ALBA pronounces itself against any injustice in the world,” he concluded.

Honduras reiterates commitment to multilateralism at the 23rd ALBA-TCP Summit

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Caracas, April 24, 2024.- Within the framework of the 23rd Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), held at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Ambassador of Honduras, Scarleth Romero, reaffirmed her country’s commitment to multilateralism and peace diplomacy. “Today, on the International Day of Multilateralism, […]

Caracas, April 24, 2024.- Within the framework of the 23rd Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), held at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Ambassador of Honduras, Scarleth Romero, reaffirmed her country’s commitment to multilateralism and peace diplomacy.

“Today, on the International Day of Multilateralism, we reaffirm our commitment to a sustainable role in the promotion of peace and security, and for the respect and strict observance of human rights around the world,” she said.

The Ambassador stressed the importance of regional unity and cooperation among the countries of the regional bloc to face common challenges.

“After 15 years in permanent resistance as a Honduran woman, as a permanent militant of a cause and representative of Honduras in the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I feel honored to be here,” she stated.

Romero also referred to the “criminal” blockades imposed on the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan peoples, and condemned foreign interventionism.

“We are today compelled and unwaveringly committed to develop all capacities for unity and fraternity among peoples and nations based on peaceful coexistence and the resolution of disputes, and therefore we condemn and repudiate all acts of intervention, aggression and interference in the internal affairs of States”.

She also invited the heads of state and delegations of social movements to participate in the commemoration of the Day of Popular Resistance in Honduras, which originated after the coup d’état perpetrated against the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya in 2009 by U.S.-financed forces of law and order.

“ALBA was at that time and continues to be a shield of hope, unity, strength, an alliance of brothers and sisters. In Honduras, we will always be eternally grateful,” concluded Romero, quoting the words of President Xiomara Castro.

Ralph Gonsalves: Being part of ALBA-TCP is an extension of our constitutional precepts

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Caracas, April 24, 2024.- The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, emphasized on Wednesday that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became a member of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary this year, because “it is an […]

Caracas, April 24, 2024.- The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, emphasized on Wednesday that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became a member of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary this year, because “it is an extension of the constitutional precepts of our country”.

During his speech at the 23rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the regional integration bloc, held in Caracas, the Caribbean leader explained that ALBA-TCP is an organization of faith and reason, it is based on the freedoms and dignities of men and women, and also defends economic justice and equity for workers, peasants and producers of wealth; all of which corresponds to the contents of the preamble of the Constitution of his nation.

He reminded that the founders of the Alliance, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, insisted on solidarity, complementarity and reciprocity as values of the mechanism, for which he thanked the governments of these two countries for having been key and examples of these founding principles.

Gonsalves began his speech by thanking Venezuela for the invitation and expressing that it would remain engraved “in the hearts and minds of our peoples for the praiseworthy work that Venezuela, its people, the Bolivarian Revolution, have done for the benefit of our Caribbean and Our America, and for humanity as a whole”.

The Prime Minister expressed his solidarity with Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, which are suffering aggressions, blockades and unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States, reiterating to the rest of the authorities present that “our duty is to defend the governments and revolutionary processes in each of these three countries”, because they are processes that undoubtedly aim to improve the lives of their peoples, defend their independence and sovereignty, and have better opportunities for the development and progress of their peoples.

The leader referred to the millionaire resources approved by the United States to continue fueling conflicts in the world, stating that monopoly capitalism cannot exist without wars, “the war economy is essential for its survival”.

In his participation, he also mentioned the need to create a shipping company to transport goods among the ALBA-TCP countries, which could include non-member nations of the bloc.

St. Kitts and Nevis calls for strategic development in science and technology through ALBA-TCP

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Caracas, April 24, 2024.- Within the framework of the 23rd Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), held in Venezuela, the ambassador of St. Kitts and Nevis, Norgen Wilson, encouraged member countries to strengthen cooperation in science and technology for a more strategic development of their […]

Caracas, April 24, 2024.- Within the framework of the 23rd Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), held in Venezuela, the ambassador of St. Kitts and Nevis, Norgen Wilson, encouraged member countries to strengthen cooperation in science and technology for a more strategic development of their natural resources.

“We have to be more strategic in the development of our science and technology in such a way that we don’t hand over our natural resources to developed countries, only to have them sold back to us for 10 or 20 times the price,” Wilson stressed.

The ambassador highlighted that the region’s natural resources are an invaluable asset, comparable to oxygen for the planet. “We have the resources, the people and the educational institutions.”

On the other hand, Wilson stressed the importance of ALBA-TCP as a platform to promote regional unity and cooperation. “It is important for us to support ALBA-TCP because it promotes unity and cooperation, and we all know that as sovereign states we have the right to make our own decisions.”

Although he acknowledged that member countries may have some differences, Wilson emphasized that they also share many common goals and challenges. “If we work together,” he said, “we will be able to solve many challenges”.

ALBA-TCP consolidates its role as founder of the new international order

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For the construction of the new world order, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) consolidates itself as the forefront of the geopolitical structure with a multicentric and pluripolar vision that defines “the alternative world, the new humanity”. The statement was made by the President of the Republic, […]

For the construction of the new world order, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) consolidates itself as the forefront of the geopolitical structure with a multicentric and pluripolar vision that defines “the alternative world, the new humanity”.

The statement was made by the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, who positively assessed the “great civilizing changes in the conscience of the world”, as well as the emergence of new values to which ALBA-TCP is already engaged.

“There are great civilizing changes in the conscience of the world, new values are emerging in a new world, in a new international order, and ALBA is already engaged with the new power and with that civilization. I believe that ALBA can consider itself as part of the founding countries and regions of the new emerging world, the new multipolar, pluricentric international order”, he emphasized during the opening ceremony of the 23rd Summit of Heads of State and Government ALBA-TCP.

From the Miraflores Palace, located in Caracas, he reiterated that the world is moving towards “a great civilizing change”, which is in line with the new configuration of world power, where new emerging powers are arising “which bring the breath of centuries in their creative force”, such as the BRICS group.

In this sense, he stressed that BRICS are consolidating themselves as “a great integrating group for the diversity of continents and regions”, being a reliable example of the new emerging world.

“Let us be conscious of where we are, who we are, where we come from, the strength that we gather here, the strength of the peoples,” he reflected.

Presidential Press Office