Honduras May Join ALBA
Honduras President
Manuel Zelaya assured
that his government is
studying the advantages
offered by The
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Peoples of our
America (ALBA),
emphasized the main
media of this nation.
He said in a press
conference that Honduras
needs new forms of
commercial association
with more dignity.
Zelaya stressed that the
country has been an
observer member for four
months of that
mechanism, which is
boosted by Venezuela and
Cuba, reflected La
Tribuna newspaper in its
front page.
The dignitary clarified
that mainly the economic
and conservative sectors
are opposed to the
country's joining the
integration agreement,
explaining they want to
keep control of their
monopolies.
Criticism first came
from those opposed to
PETROCARIBE, who now
reject any type of
initiative in favor of
opening international
borders to help Honduras
solve its energy and
food problems, he
emphasized.
Zelaya said that ex
foreign minister Milton
Jimenez represented the
country at ALBA's sixth
meeting, held in
Venezuela.
He affirmed that he will
soon study the regional
agreement's statutes and
its advantages to learn
about the possibilities
the economic-political
entity has for Latin
America.
The Honduran dignitary
said that ALBA is a
humanitarian entity
aimed at improving the
peoples' conditions and
equality among nations.
ALBA is an integration
proposal oppose to the
Free Trade Treaty of the
Americas (ALCA), boosted
by United States that
emphasizes on the
struggle against poverty
and social exclusion and
expresses the interest
of Latin American
peoples. |
