President of Bolivia arrives in Venezuela

Bolivian President Luis Arce arrives in Venezuela to participate in the 24th ALBA-TCP Summit. teleSUR

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00:00We go back to the airport in Caracas as more Heads of State continue to arrive ahead of

00:08the Albatizepi Summit.

00:10Right now we have the arrival of the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis

00:15Arce Catacora, who is arriving here at the airport in Caracas.

00:19He's being welcomed by the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Venezuela as Heads of State,

00:25as we were saying, continue to arrive in the city for this important, this paramount summit,

00:31the 24th Summit of Albatizepi of Heads of State on Government.

00:35During the week there have been other activities going on as the different authorities have

00:39met, foreign ministers have met, the social movements, a key and important pillar of Albatizepi

00:46met all ahead of this paramount summit, which also comes in the context of the 20th anniversary

00:52of the Bolivarian Alliance, the alliance that was founded all the way back 20 years

00:58ago by Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez with the aim of being the counterpart of what was then

01:07being promoted by the United States, which was free trade agreements, which would be

01:11completely in deterrence to the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.

01:16That's when Chavez had this idea and later on was implemented with, alongside with Fidel

01:24and was able to don, because Alba in Spanish means don, as a new don, as he said back then,

01:31to bring more prosperity, joint prosperity for the well-being of the people of Latin

01:36America and the Caribbean.

01:38So we're going to continue in touch with the airport in Caracas as more Heads of States

01:43of Government are going to continue arriving for this paramount summit that is going to

01:48happen in just a few hours from now.

01:50Stay tuned with us.