Tag: Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA)

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:23 UTC

  Puebla Group approaches Argentine President to funnel agenda

  

  The forum bringing together leftwing leaders known as the Puebla Group is to bring Argentine President Alberto Fernández a proposal for the convergence of the different integration mechanisms existing in the region, former Colombian President Ernesto Samper (1994-1998) announced Friday.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivarian countries call Evo's departure from presidency “a coup d'état”

  

  Dignitaries of several Latin America and Caribbean countries Saturday criticized the uprising that led the resignation of Evo Morales as president of Bolivia in - which was dubbed a “coup d'état” in a joint statement in Havanna on the closing day of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) summit to celebrate the grouping's 17th anniversary.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  Mercosur to consider forming an 'economic forum' with ALBA and Petrocaribe

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica will be attending the next Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for Tuesday, 29 July in Caracas, when the creation of an economic forum Mercosur/ALBA/PetroCaribe will for consideration as part of the agenda.

• Saturday, March 8th 2014 - 05:54 UTC

  OAS agrees on declaration calling for peace and an end to violence in Venezuela

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council approved late Friday night after a whole day of discussions and by an ample majority, a statement in support of peace and an end to violence in Venezuela, where street protests and clashes have left at least 22 dead and hundreds injured and arrested.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 21:35 UTC

  Mercosur calls special meeting in November to consolidate trade proposal before the EU

  

  Mercosur will be holding a special meeting of foreign ministers next 15 November in Caracas to consolidate “Mercosur presentation before the European Union”, according to a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.