Special segment: 20 years of the ALBA-TCP

Our colleague Belén de los Santos joins us in this special segment on the XXIV ALBA-TCP Summit to be held in Venezuela. teleSUR

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00:00This year ALBA-TCP celebrates its 20th anniversary.

00:03Next Saturday, Venezuela will host the 24th Summit of Heads of States and Governments

00:08of the Alliance.

00:09Let's learn more about its history in the following segment.

00:18Hello.

00:25On December 14th, Caracas will be the epicenter of the 24th Summit of Heads of States and

00:30Governments of the ALBA-TCP.

00:32To know what this multilateral mechanism is all about, let's watch the following report.

00:37ALBA-TCP is a regional international organization founded in 2004 by the governments of Cuba

00:43and Venezuela to counter the free trade area of the Americas promoted by the United States.

00:50ALBA-TCP currently enrolls Latin American and Caribbean countries with the firm objective

00:56of fighting poverty and social exclusion based on leftist ideological doctrines.

01:03This mechanism prioritizes equality and the common good in relations between nations by

01:08fostering regional dialogue, by identifying areas for strategic alliances, and by promoting

01:14consensus and agreement among Latin American nations.

01:22The International Anti-Fascist Conference laid a fundamental proposal that all social

01:27movements worldwide should take ownership of the Bolivarian Alliance and its capabilities

01:33to strengthen their struggle to stop fascism forever.

01:39I am here to tell you about an experience, about a reality that emerged 20 years ago.

01:47What is ALBA?

01:48It was suggested by Hugo Chavez, but who created it?

01:55Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, no less.

01:58That is to say, that ALBA has foster initiatives that even today the BRICS regards as vanguard

02:05initiatives.

02:09And on a day like this it is fitting to remember a phrase of Commander Hugo Chavez, ALBA is

02:15a dream come true, it is the hope of our peoples.

02:19With this statement Chavez expressed the hope that ALBA represented for Latin American and

02:23Caribbean as it offered an alternative to neoliberal models.

02:29And with the aim of building a new multipolar world, the leader of the Cuban Revolution,

02:34Fidel Castro, stressed the importance of ALBA in its creation.

02:38He said that ALBA is an integration project born out of the need to build a fairer and

02:44more equitable world.

02:45Fidel Castro stressed the transformative nature of ALBA, which sought to overcome inequalities

02:51and build a new world order.

03:05Continue joining us in TELUS or English throughout this special week as we follow the ALBA-TCP

03:0924th Summit in Caracas.