The Member States of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) reject the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the sister Republic of Nicaragua by the Department of State of the United States of America in matters of defense, aimed at affecting and limiting the commercial and security capabilities of this nation and, therefore, its economy and stability.

The sovereignty of our peoples in the region as well as of the ALBA-TCP member countries is once again affected by the interference of the United States, which systematically attacks, through different mechanisms, the countries of the region that do not bow to its interests, imposing all kinds of measures contrary to International Law. Such measures, which are completely unfounded, affect harmonious relations among the peoples of the world and threaten peace, development and the well-being of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Alliance reiterates its deepest rejection of the insolence of U.S. imperialism and its imposition of unilateral coercive measures intended to enforce an international order with arbitrary decisions that jeopardize world peace and security through interference in the internal affairs of authentically free and sovereign countries, and reaffirms its solidarity with the people and Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua.

Caracas, March 16, 2024