The Heads of State and Government and the Heads of Delegations of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), meeting in Havana, Cuba, this Wednesday, to commemorate
the 18th Anniversary of the Alliance ratified this multilateral body as an instrument of union of the people.
They also highlighted the need to strengthen the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a genuine mechanism for dialogue and political agreement that brings together the 33 States of Our America, based on the principle of unity in diversity.
Similarly, the Heads of State and Government of the Alliance reiterated their commitment to the development and well-being of “our nations”, as well as to the defense of national sovereignty without external interference; At the same time, we reject the postulates of the Monroe Doctrine, of a colonizing and interventionist nature, used to justify destabilizing and interventionist actions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Below is the declaration of the XXII ALBA-TCP Summit in commemoration of its 18th anniversary:
Declaration of the XXII ALBA-TCP Summit in commemoration of its 18th anniversary.
“18 years of unity and commitment to Latin American and Caribbean integration”.
The Heads of State and Government and the Heads of Delegations of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), meeting in Havana, Cuba, on December 14, 2022, to commemorate
the 18th Anniversary of the Alliance:
- We ratify the commitment to strengthening ALBA-TCP as an instrument for the union of our peoples, based on the principles of solidarity, social justice, cooperation and economic complementarity, the result of the political will of its founders, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías.
- We highlight the need to strengthen the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a genuine mechanism for dialogue and political agreement that brings together the 33 States of Our America, based on the principle of unity in diversity.
- We reiterate our commitment to the development and well-being of our nations, as well as to the defense of national sovereignty without external interference; At the same time, we reject the postulates of the Monroe Doctrine, of a colonizing and interventionist nature, used to justify destabilizing and interventionist actions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- We claim the national dignity of our peoples and the emancipatory ideology of the heroes and founding fathers of Latin America and the Caribbean.
- We congratulate the people of Grenada, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Commonwealth of Dominica for their successful election days.
- We support the right of the Caribbean countries to receive fair, special and differentiated treatment; as well as we reaffirm our support for their just claims and reparations for the damages caused by native genocide, colonialism and slavery.
- We affirm that climate financing, technology transfer, and the means of developing capacities are obligations and commitments of developed countries due to their historical responsibility for environmental degradation, the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption of capitalism, and the unjust international economic order that it perpetuates inequality, poverty and underdevelopment. Therefore, we call to comply with
speed up commitments in this area, in particular with the decision to establish a Loss and Damage Fund for Vulnerable Countries, adopted at the COP27 on Climate Change, held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. - We stress the importance of safeguarding the components of biodiversity and guaranteeing the integrity of all ecosystems, to advance in the inclusive and transparent multilateral dialogue towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth and the convocation of the Earth Assembly.
- We reject the destabilizing plans and actions promoted by powerful external factors and national oligarchies who have succeeded or attempt to ignore the will of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, expressed in a democratic and
legitimate at the polls. - We denounce the use of unconventional warfare strategies against the governments and democratically elected leaders of the region, employing the use of politically motivated judicial processes without legal support (lawfare), to destroy political and ideological rivals, while we condemn the manipulation for political and destabilizing human rights purposes, propaganda and disinformation campaigns, the malicious use of information and communication technologies, cyber attacks, among other methods that harm the sovereignty and will of the people. In this sense, we express our firmest rejection of the politically motivated judicial actions against the Vice President of Argentina, Cristina
Fernández de Kirchner, key leader of the integration processes of Latin America and the Caribbean. - We express our support for President Luis Arce Catacora and the brotherly Bolivian people against destabilizing attempts and our recognition of their determination to defend the process of the democratic and cultural Revolution.
- We reiterate our solidarity with Commander President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and the brave Nicaraguan people in the face of permanent harassment, the unilateral coercive measures applied, the disinformation campaigns and the interventionist actions of the
government of the United States of America against Nicaraguan sovereignty. - We salute the historic signing of the Second Partial Agreement for the Protection of the Venezuelan People, as well as the extensive dialogue and agreements promoted by President Nicolás Maduro with the different factors of political opposition that corroborates the value of the
Bolivarian Peace Diplomacy in favor of the welfare of Venezuelans; At the same time that we reject the imposition of criminal and illegal unilateral coercive measures, in violation of human rights, the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and International Law, and we advocate the immediate lifting of such measures that hinder the right to commercial, economic exchange with other States and impede the right to development. - We demand once again from the government of the United States of America, a change in its hostile policy towards the sister Republic of Cuba that contemplates the immediate and unconditional end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade; the cessation of actions
subversive, illegal and covert, including those that use information and communication technologies, which violate the sovereignty and right of peoples to self-determination; as well as the end of the absurd and unjustified inclusion of the Republic of
Cuba on the spurious and arbitrary list of State sponsors of terrorism of the United States Department of State. - We reiterate ALBA-TCP’s strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
- Likewise, we express our solidarity with the brotherly Peruvian people, who have been affected by a serious prolonged institutional crisis, which has generated a series of events that threatens the stability and well-being of the majority. We reject the
political framework created by the right-wing forces of that country against Constitutional President Pedro Castillo, forcing him to take measures that were later used by his adversaries in parliament to remove him; We repudiate the repression by
of the forces of order against the Peruvian people who defend a government elected at the polls and we call for dialogue, understanding and sanity of all the political, economic and social actors of the Republic of Peru, just as we raise our voice
so that the fundamental rights of this brotherly people are guaranteed. - We reaffirm the Declaration of the III Extraordinary Meeting of the Political Council, held on September 26, 2013, in New York City, and, in this sense, we confirm the importance of ALBA – TCP maintaining the coordination and defense of inclusive multilateralism in multilateral spaces and forums. In this order, we express the determination to strengthen the convergence of criteria, the coordination between its delegations and to advance firmly in this regard.
- We urge international solidarity with the brotherly people of the Republic of Haiti, through cooperation mechanisms and transfer of resources and technologies, on the basis of full respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of that brotherly people.
- We welcome the reinstatement of the peace talks table between the Government of Colombia and the ELN, in which two ALBA-TCP member states serve as guarantors and alternative venues.
- We thank comrade Sacha Llorentty Solíz for the work carried out at the head of the ALBA-TCP Executive Secretariat and we reiterate our best wishes for success in his new functions.
- We welcome the appointment of Ambassador Félix Plasencia González as the new Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP, wishing him every success in his administration.
- We highlight the actions to continue developing the revitalization of ALBA -TCP as a mechanism for union, for the fight for peace, democracy, stability and well-being of the peoples of Our America.
Havana, December 14, 2022.
