Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, welcomed the heads of state and government of the ALBA countries as well as all the delegations that will participate at the 24th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) at the Simón Bolívar Convention Center in La Carlota, Caracas, on Saturday, December 14.
Earlier on Friday, in a preparatory meeting at the Foreign Ministry headquarters, >Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil said, “At the heart of the revolutionary, anti-imperialist and Bolivarian Caracas, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty, the vital nucleus of the independence, dignity and sovereignty of the Great Homeland … Two visionaries like Commanders Chávez and Fidel were able to unite their capabilities and take the bold step, full of convictions and morals, to urge Latin America and the Caribbean that we must move forward, build together and unite all the forces of a heroic continent that has achieved so many feats for centuries, for its definitive liberation.”
The heads of state who attended the summit were the presidents of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega; of Bolivia, Luis Arce; of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; the prime ministers of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit; Antigua and Barbuda, Gastón Browne; and of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves.
After bilateral meetings and special activities, the heads of state and government and the delegations were scheduled to hold a private meeting, and in the afternoon they toured the exhibition depicting the achievements of ALBA-TCP during its 20 years of existence.
The meeting was also attended by more than 80 leaders of social and popular movements from 30 countries, belonging to the ALBA Movements.
Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada and Saint Lucia are the member countries of this regional bloc that is essential in the current international scenario headed by the US and European imperialist powers.