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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

Venezuela and Ecuador consolidate bilateral agreements, SUCRE currency system
19-Jan-2011     Venezuelanalysis
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro met on Monday with the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, to evaluate the progress of their country’s bilateral agreements. Among the ambitious goals set during the meeting was an increase in the use of the sucre, a regional currency being used in trade between the two countries.
Nicaragua and ALBA negotiate a People's Trade Treaty
3-Sep-2010     SDP
Nicaragua and the South American and Caribbean countries that are members of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA) are negotiating an integration treaty that covers economic, trade and political issues.
Indigenous struggle, ecology, and capitalist resource extraction in Ecuador
14-Jul-2010     Global Research
Last week, when the presidents of the countries involved in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) were meeting here in Ecuador, they talked about indigenous rights. But the main representatives of the indigenous movement in the country, CONAIE, was never invited to the meeting.
The Bolivarian FTA
26-Jun-2010     TC Digital
The 10th Summit of ALBA concludes with an announcement that its members undertake to speed up the conclusion of a trade agreement.
10th ALBA summit starts in Ecuador
25-Jun-2010     Agencia Prensa Rural
The 10th summit of the Bolivian Alliance for the Peoples of America - People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) began on Friday in the Andean city of Otavalo, Ecuador.
The Caracas Manifesto reaffirms the agreement to strengthen the sovereignty of the people
21-Apr-2010     ADITAL
"The time has come for us to take on an Economic Plan that places greater emphasis on projects and transnational companies, the People’s Trade Treaty, the sucre and the Bank of Alba as the foundational pillars for a common economic area."
Venezuela and Nicaragua progress on food security, refinery, and public health
16-Apr-2010     Venezuelanalysis
Venezuelan and Nicaraguan officials met in Managua on Wednesday to deepen bilateral economic ties with the goal of fostering import substitution, promoting Latin American integration, and creating an economic alternative to US-dominated free trade agreements.
Honduras: Protest against ALBA withdrawal
18-Jan-2010     GLW
On January 7, hundreds of Hondurans risked violent repression by the police and military to protest outside the national parliament building against the coup regime’s decision to withdraw the country from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA).
Honduran congress votes to leave ALBA
13-Jan-2010     Morning Star
The Honduran Congress, which is dominated by supporters of self-styled "interim president" Roberto Micheletti, voted 123 to five late on Tuesday to end co-operation with Cuba and Venezuela under the the ALBA Peoples' Trade Treaty.
ALBA will start using the Sucre
12-Jan-2010     Capitales
Sucre is a virtual “currency” which will be used in the Alba countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela.