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The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA in Spanish) is a project to counteract the US-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas. Born out of

Approaches for an alternative strategy to the FTA
19-Dec-2015     ALAI
The major challenge consists in rescuing the sovereignty of our States, that has been chipped away in recent times by untrammelled US power and its giant corporations and by the subjugation (“by free determination”) of regimes such as those in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
ALBA and the FTAA: the Dilemma of Integration or Annexation
1-Oct-2015     CUBARTE
Latin American integration has caused rivers of ink to flow and provoked endless torrents of rhetoric. However, a significant issue still remains unresolved.
Alba establishes mechanisms for legal defense against arbitral claims filed by transnationals
9-Jul-2015     ADITAL
The Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA ) has agreed to create a new regional mechanism to provide a collaborative defence in international arbitration proceedings, notably in respect of claims filed by transnational corporations against Latin American countries.
The current economic crisis presents an opportunity for Latin American Integration
6-May-2014     Agencia Venezolana de Noticias
The global financial crisis which persists since 2008 and chiefly impacts the United States and Europe presents an opportunity for Latin America to strengthen its internal markets and develop an integrated economy, says Faustino Cobarrubia, an expert at the Centre for Research on the Global Economy (CIEM), Cuba.
ALBA: Anti-imperialist with already nine members
2-Aug-2013     La Arena
The Bolivarian Alliance of Our America held its 12th presidential meeting in Guayaquil in 2013, the first without Hugo Chavez.
Alba alliance ambitions lay bare Latin trade confusion
1-Aug-2013    
In the bewildering array of Latin American and Caribbean trade alliances, the left-of-centre Alba group is probably the one that attracts the least attention outside the region.
LA social movements map solidarity with ALBA alliance
27-May-2013     GLW
An important summit of global significance, held in Brazil May 16-20, has largely passed below the radar of most media outlets, including many left and progressive sources.
Nicaragua ratifies ALBA ‘fair trade’ treaty
19-Apr-2013     Nicaragua Dispatch
On the eve of Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration in Venezuela, Sandinista lawmakers pass ECOALBA-TCP as a sign that ALBA is alive and well
Regional cooperation or ‘free trade’?
3-Sep-2012     Liberation News
Ché Guevara once summarized “free trade” between the imperialist and underdeveloped countries as a “free fox among free chickens.”
Alba and the FTA: Poles Apart
22-May-2012     Agencia Cubana de Noticias
Through its diversity, Latin America continues to reveal enormous cracks and counter-positions on how sovereignty should be exercised.