The meeting was announced last week in a statement by ALBA-TCP to evaluate the progress and results in the economic, social, and political areas. It will also address respect for human rights, the dignity of migrant populations, and the defense of sovereignty and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean, following the most recent decisions of the new US administration that affect the region and its people.
At the 14th ALBA Summit on December 14th, the Heads of Government made concrete decisions in different areas and dimensions to consolidate the Alliance integrally, under its founding and unalterable principles of cooperation, solidarity, and complementarity. The leaders, prime ministers, and other authorities approved several documents as a special consensus declaration of “reaffirmation of the principles, objectives, commitments, and flags of the struggle of ALBA-TCP.”
The participants also expressed the will to advance in revitalizing old and new agreements in the economic area such as the birth of the great AgroAlba project to produce food “for all the peoples of Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and beyond.” They also proposed the resurgence of Petrocaribe in the new productive modality for investment “in oil, gas, derivatives and joint ventures,” to resume the Sucre currency for monetary and commercial exchange, and to advance in the signing of an intraregional Trade Treaty.
Other announcements were linked to the emergence of a Science, Technology, and Innovation Center with scientific and technological priorities towards accelerated capabilities of Artificial Intelligence and social media management, among others.
The Final Declaration of the Summit ratified the importance and commitment to defend the “Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace”, approved in Havana, Cuba, in 2014, which remains fully valid.
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