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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

Social movements meet with presidents
31-Jan-2009     ALAI
At the World Social Forum taking place in Belem, Brasil, Latin American social movements held a dialogue on regional integration from a peoples' perspective, with the leaders of four South American progressive governments. Presidents Hugo Chavez (Venezuela), Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Rafael Correa (Ecuador), met with 1500 representatives of social movements to exchange about past and future collaboration around integration initiatives such as the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA) as solutions to the global economic crisis.
ALBA-Petrocaribe Summit Postponed
13-Dec-2008    
The Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) and Petrocaribe, originally scheduled for the coming weekend in Caracas, has been postponed, sources from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announced.
ALBA member nations to create common currency
28-Nov-2008    
Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, announced on Wednesday it will create a common currency.
From protest to proposals for integration
25-Oct-2008     Periodico 26
The ALBA offers a broad space to recover the public sector and consolidate Latin American identity through dialogue.
Venezuela summit looks at ALBA
27-Sep-2008    
The Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) is centering the closing day of the Seventh Social Summit for the Latin American and Caribbean Union.
Honduras: Joining ALBA ‘a step towards the centre-left,' says president
27-Aug-2008     IPS
Honduras has joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), amid criticism from the business community and right-wing political sectors.
Nicaragua refines plan to organize food company under ALBA
23-Aug-2008    
The government of Nicaragua is working on a proposal on the role of the company "Gran Nacional ALBA Alimentos." Organization of the venture was agreed some days ago in Cuba by member countries of Petrocaribe, a Caribbean alliance with Venezuela to buy oil under special payment terms and conditions, DPA reported.
Petrocaribe: New regional food firm
15-Aug-2008     Prensa Latina
The PetroCaribe meeting on agriculture held Tuesday adopted several accords to face the international food crisis, among them the creation of a regional foodstuff enterprise. The company named Alba Alimentos (Alba Foods, after Venezuela's integration initiative Alternativa Bolivariana de las Americas (ALBA)) will operate in member countries.
ALBA, Petrocaribe and Caricom: Issues in a new dynamic
16-Jul-2008     Norman Girvan
The growth of relations between several Caricom states and the Venezuelan-promoted ALBA and Petrocaribe initiatives is one of the most significant recent developments in regional affairs. An immediate issue that has arisen is whether membership of ALBA might conflict with the obligations of membership of Caricom itself. There are also larger issues of a strategic nature for Caricom.
Ecuador, ALBA and the FARC
16-Jun-2008     Scoop
Recent remarks by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on the civil war in Colombia and Ecuador's decision not to join the Alternativa Bolivariana de las Americas (ALBA) solidarity based cooperation initiative shows progressive leaders are taking stock on Latin American integration.