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Ecuador Joins Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas

HeadlineJun 25, 2009

Meanwhile in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez is hosting the sixth summit of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas. ALBA was established as a counterweight to US-led trade agreements in Latin America. On Wednesday, the existing members voted to admit Ecuador. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa praised ALBA as a further shift towards regional integration.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa: “We are soliciting to be incorporated in the ALBA in a demonstration of political consequence, of ideological empathy and solidarity with our brother countries. Of course it is a political project. It is a project of solidarity, of integration.”

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