The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (Alba-TCP) celebrated its twentieth anniversary in a context marked by “debates on multipolarity and global geopolitical tensions,” said its executive secretary, Jorge Arreaza. .
He explained that “this is an alliance created in 2004 by Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro, which has established itself as a political and social phenomenon that challenges traditional integration paradigms.”
He noted that “Alba was one of the first spaces to challenge the unipolarity imposed by the United States. “No one dreamed of creating an institutional framework that could stand up and resist the world of control of American imperialism.”
The executive secretary of Alba-TCP stated that one of the central topics discussed at the recent summit was the Alba 2030 strategic agenda, a flexible plan that, according to Arreaza, has received constant contributions from member countries. Among the most notable projects is Agroalba, an initiative to guarantee food sovereignty throughout the region.
He gave as an example the collaboration with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a country affected by natural disasters that now has 10,000 hectares in Venezuela for food production.
“It’s a win-win. Venezuela will have an investment from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, generating productive capacities,” he pointed out.
Arreaza spoke, finally, about the creation of a scientific center in Venezuela that will be inaugurated soon and mentioned joint fishing strategies for the entire Caribbean Sea area.
