The 24th ALBA TCP summit was held in Caracas with the presence of heads of state and representatives from all 10 member countries, marking the 20th anniversary from the creation of the Latin American and Caribbean alliance... Our correspondents Garfield Burford and Belen de Los Santos bring us all the details.
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00:00Welcome back. The 24th ALBATICIPES SUMMIT was held in Caracas with the presence of heads
00:16of states and representatives from all 10 member countries marking the 20th anniversary
00:20from the creation of the Latin American-Caribbean alliance. Correspondents Garfield Bulford
00:24and Belen de los Santos have all the details.
00:28Presidents from the historic embrace between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez signaling the
00:33creation of ALBA in 2004. 20 years on, leaders of the 10 member states gathered in Caracas
00:40to celebrate the milestone and chart the course for strengthened cooperation as geopolitical
00:45uncertainties mount.
00:47There was strong support for the state of Palestine as Gaza continues to face a humanitarian
00:52crisis. Support for the Palestinian people was not just in words, but in deed.
01:02Where it is declared as a permanent guest, with the category of brother country of ALBATICIPES
01:07as of this summit.
01:09Closer to home, leaders expressed solidarity with Haiti, where gang violence has reaped
01:13a grim toll in lives and left many more displaced.
01:18This is one of the big commitments of ALBA today, to support Haiti beyond our limitations.
01:28Leaders again condemned the embargo on Cuba under the designation of the country as a
01:32state sponsor of terrorism. They also condemned unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela
01:38and Nicaragua.
01:39There was strong support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who will be inaugurated for
01:44a new six-year term in January.
01:48Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Brown says President Maduro is the only elected
01:52president of the Bolivarian Republic.
01:55That is Nicolas Maduro. And Antigua and Barbuda recognize no other. So no Guaida 2.0 or any
02:11other.
02:12And with the United States President-elect Donald Trump set to be inaugurated for his
02:16second term in just over a month, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Prime Minister Dr. Ralph
02:21Gonzalez had this suggestion.
02:23Listen, we can live together peacefully as neighbors. But we have to do so with respect
02:37for each other.
02:40Leaders closed the landmark summit in Caracas with renewed optimism about the unaccelerated
02:45path towards a multipolar world.
02:48Reporting from Caracas, I'm Garfield Burford, alongside Belen De Los Santos for TELUSUR.