Cuba calls for unity among LatAm states against 'US meddlesome policies'
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has called on fellow member states of the Bolivarian Alliance or ALBA-TCP to join hands against the interventionist policies of the United States.
Speaking at the XVII ALBA-TCP Summit inauguration, in Havana, on December 14, Rodriguez described Washington as the main threat to peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.
He slammed what he called the US-backed coup against the government of President Evo Morales in Bolivia.
The Cuban foreign minister also condemned the threat of use of force by the American administration against Venezuela.
The US has a history of launching coups and interventions in Latin American countries. Last month, Morales was forced to resign and flee to Mexico after the country’s armed forces turned against him. He has accused Washington of orchestrating a coup.
Also in Venezuela, as the apparent coup attempt continued, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on May that Washington was prepared to take military action on President Donald Trump’s order.
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ALBA or ALBA–TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty, is an intergovernmental organization founded in 2004 in Cuba and Venezuela by Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.
The Organization is based on the idea of the social, political and economic integration of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
ALBA-TCP is a mechanism for consultation and integration, which defends the principles of respect for sovereignty, solidarity, complementarities, justice, peace and cooperation.
This year's edition of ALBA focused its discussions on the analysis of the regional situation and the role of ALBA-TCP in a context characterized by the increasing aggressiveness of the extreme right in the region with the support of the United States and the resurgence of the blows against progressive and democratic governments.
The Summit this year is taking place a month after the coup in Bolivia against President Morales, the popular anti-neoliberal mobilizations in Chile and Colombia, and the increase in Washington's hostility against Cuba.
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