ALBA defies the hegemon

By Owen Paine on Tuesday February 14, 2012 12:36 PM

http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/597.php#continue

report on recent conference of member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) **

erconomic agenda
continue to build the BANK of ALBA as a regional alternative to the IMF
by pledges of a percent of member nation reserves
greater use of ALBA's synthetic currency "the sucre "

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political declarations


"As well as condemning.... the “systemic policies of destabilisation and interventionism” currently being implemented in Syria
the bloc also signed a document in support of
Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and full independence."
and
support for Argentina in the struggle with imperial britain over the malvinas :

"the ALBA group will review what sanctions may be taken in response to
the “negative dialogue” and “ridiculous military threat”
from David Cameron's coalition government"


"The ALBA also struck out against the Organization of American States for its exclusionary stance with regards to Cuba"

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(**Formed in 2004 by Venezuela and Cuba, the ALBA is an alternative to U.S free trade agreements in the region . ALBA nations currently include; Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda.)

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op:

"give me that old time religion."

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