Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated today on the social network X his country's unwavering commitment to the integration and unity of Latin America and the Caribbean.
After participating the day before, in Venezuela, in the 23rd Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), the president remarked the principles of peace, unity, solidarity and cooperation promoted by this regional integration mechanism.
He described the initiative as the “Miracle Alliance that has made seemingly impossible projects and social feats that have benefited millions” a reality.
He affirmed that despite this grouping of countries has proved how and how much can be done from the South, beyond blockades and difficulties decreed by empires and mercilessly imposed by the current international order, which is deeply unjust.
In its 22-point Final Declaration, the XXIII ALBA-TCP Summit reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen ALBA as a mechanism for union, dialogue and political coordination, based on the principles of solidarity, social justice, cooperation and economic complementarity.
The Latin American and Caribbean leaders also expressed their commitment to the defense of national sovereignty without external interference and rejected the postulates of the Monroe Doctrine which, after 200 years, continues to be used to justify destabilizing and interventionist actions in the region.
The ALBA 2030 Strategic Agenda, approved at the meeting, includes the creation of a development and cooperation agency to attract resources in the world; the study and approval of the plan to relaunch Petrocaribe in the new stage; the approval of the ALBA-Food plan; and the successful completion, signing and adoption of the Peoples' Trade Agreement.
The participants reiterated the call to the international community to impose an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and to stop the genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestine.