Havana, Cuba.- ''I pay tribute to the visionaries Fidel and Chávez for conceiving the idea of ALBA, which today is a beacon of unity and hope,'' Powell said in his speech at the 16th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our Americas-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), being held at the Cubanacan Protocol Hall in Havana.
Speaking before top representatives of the member countries of the regional bloc, the representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis called to strengthen unity in Latin America to meet the challenges and threats in the region.
He expressed his country's wish to continue as a member of the alliance to boost initiatives and to continue to contribute to the sustainable development of the Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Previously, Powell apologized for the absence of Prime Minister Timothy Harris and his country's foreign minister due to work reasons.
Powell concluded his speech with cheers to ALBA and its member countries, mainly the founders Cuba and Venezuela.
With the goal of defending regional peace and consolidating Latin America and Caribbean integration, the 16th ALBA-TCP Summit is being held in a geopolitical context characterized by growing aggressiveness by the United States and its right-wing allies against the progressive governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, mainly.
FIDEL CASTRO'S IDEAS ARE A BANNER FOR STRUGGLE AT ALBA-TCP SUMMIT
The legacy of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and his struggle for a better world are more present than ever, Bolivian Ambassador to Cuba Juan Ramón Quintana said on Friday.
Speaking to Prensa Latina during the 16th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Quintana highlighted the significance of the independentist, Latin Americanist and anti-imperialist ideas of the revolutionary leader.
Fidel said that while there is no full emancipation of human beings, no government, leader or people can rest, the former Minister of the Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia recalled.
According to the diplomat, the Cuban leader's legacy is present at the Summit, since he was one of the ALBA supporters as an integration mechanism to contribute to Latin American and Caribbean unity.
Fidel's brilliance led him to think and foster a great project such as the ALBA and to fight to realize the dream of turning homelands into humanity, as stated by the Cuban apostle, Jose Marti, he emphasized.
Quintana added that the Cuban leader's thinking "will continue as long as external factors and imperial powers intervene in our peoples and limit their rights, plunder their natural resources, destabilize progressive projects, blockade nations and install their extraterritorial military bases."
The ALBA is a dream that is being realized, and our task, as Bolivian President Evo Morales said, is to keep that legacy alive but working for it, he added.
The 16th ALBA-TCP Summit reveres the ideas of Fidel Castro and the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, and brings together the leaders of the regional bloc, founded on December 14, 2004.
US ECONOMIC BLOCKADE OF CUBA CONDEMNED AT ALBA-TCP SUMMIT
Member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of our America-Trade Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP) committed today to step up efforts to strengthen regional integration.
According to the final declaration of the 16th Summit of the bloc presented Friday night by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Relations, Bruno Rodríguez, the members of the organization expressed their will to build a new international order.
This commitment should stand out for being democratic, inclusive, just and equitable, in which the sovereign equality between States is effective and the respect to free determination of the peoples, stressed Rodríguez in the capital's Convention Center.
We ratify the commitment to the political concertation and conscious cooperation that only unity will give Latin American and Caribbean nations a greater capacity to face the interference and political and economic domination of the global powers.
Members of ALBA-TCP insisted -said Rodríguez- that coercive unilateral measures are contrary to the United Nations Charter and international law, besides threatening peace and world security.
We demand that the World Trade Organization adopts measures to face violations in this sector, he indicated.
The final declaration also condemns aggressive actions against Venezuela and supports the president elect of the South American nation, Nicolás Maduro.
The members of the regional group rejected the interference of the United States, that uses the Organization of American States in its interventionist policy against sovereignty, free determination of Venezuela, Nicaragua and other countries.
We support the government of Nicaragua and its anti-imperialist struggle and the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Cuba, emphasized Rodríguez.
We reiterate our solidarity with the emblematic Brazilian leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, political prisoner in his country.
The document expresses likewise the support of ALBA-TCP to the government and people of Bolivia in its struggle to have an outlet to the sea with sovereignty and the signatories called on Chile to renew the dialogue with its neighbor.
The text reiterates its support to Caribbean countries in their claim for compensation due to the genocide of the native population from horrors of slavery and human trade.
We reaffirm the commitment to face climate change conscious that the causes of this phenomenon lies in the irrational and unsustainable models of consumption imposed by the capitalist system. (PL)
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