On the occasion of the upcoming 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA), to be held in Havana, it is worth reviewing the economic and social work of this organization that will celebrate its 5th anniversary this December.

The list of its achievements alone would highly justify the existence of the group, which already has nine members from South America and the Caribbean. However, ALBA has been and continues to be one of the regional groups with the highest political dynamic in favor of the sovereignty of our nations.

It can not be ignored that ALBA was the first organization that condemned the coup d’état in Honduras, that demanded the isolation of the fascists and the unconditional reinstatement of President Manuel Zelaya. ALBA was also the first one to defend the democracy and constitutionality of that country and to demand from Washington a clear definition in the face of such an episode.

In tune with ALBA’s principles, Honduras’s de facto regime has been politically isolated from the very beginning of its existence, while being supported only by the United States, including the Miami-based mafia deeply entrenched in the U.S. legislative bodies. 

But even before that, ALBA had already set its stance in the political arena by fostering regional rejection to separatist attempts in Bolivia seeking to overthrow Evo Morales’s government, or by openly slamming Washington’s implementation of the nearly 50-year-old economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

The Alliance has been clear and categorical on its progressive and revolutionary positions in front of other regional organizations. It has established important stances as a group in discussions and cardinal analysis about the role of Latin America in today’s world and the contradictions and internal challenges that the countries of the hemisphere, where there are more than a few vassals and local submissive people, still need to face.

Havana’s Summit on December 14 and 15 will surely reiterate ALBA’s political, economic and social integration, while its agenda will likely include such sensitive matters as the installation by the United States of seven aggressive military bases in Colombia and the danger they pose to our nations.

It will probably include as well the need to firmly face the empire’s actions, which on the one hand talks about “new courses” and “eyes in the future,” and, on the other, allows old and arrogant domination schemes to repeat themselves.

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