ALBA Full Membership
Urged in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA - The
National Resistance
Coordinator (CNRP), an
umbrella for several
civil organizations,
urged Parliament to
ratify Honduras´
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Americas (ALBA)
membership.
The senators are
convoked to discuss this
Thursday the
incorporation of this
country to the regional
mechanism, as the only
topic in their agendas.
The acceptance to join
ALBA, promoted by Cuba
and Venezuela, has found
resistance by powerful
groups in this Central
American nation.
The coordinator of the
Popular Block which is
part of CNRP, Carlos
Reyes, said that the
only ones rejecting the
project are the United
States and a few rich
people in the country.
“The rich entrepreneurs
reject the adherence
because they consider
that it puts in risk the
relations with the US, a
main partner of
Honduras,” added.
Meanwhile, numerous
civil organizations
insist in the urgency
for the country to
receive ALBA’s benefits,
due to the grave crisis
provoked by
neoliberalism.
CNRP, in a letter
directed to Senators in
Parliament, insisted in
the importance of a
regional alliance.
The document adds that
“it is about uniting
Latin American and the
Caribbean in only one
economic, political and
social block which
gathers the principles
of a true regional
integration,” said.
The Coordinator
highlights that the
principles of ALBA are
solidarity, justice,
equity, cooperation and
social development along
with respect to
sovereignty and
autodetermination.
The joining of ALBA was
signed in Tegucigalpa
last August 25th by
President Manuel Zelaya
and Venezuela’s Hugo
Chavez.
In that event were
present their
counterparts of
Nicaragua, Daniel
Ortega, Boliva, Evo
Morales. For Cuba
assisted vice president,
Carlos Lage. |
