Caracas, December 14, 2024 – The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, inaugurated the 24th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America–Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) this Saturday. The event took place at the Convention Center of La Carlota Air Base, in Caracas, marking the 20th anniversary of the regional bloc’s founding by Commanders Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.

The Venezuelan Head of State extended a warm welcome to the presidents, prime ministers, and delegates of the member countries of the Alliance, as well as to representatives from invited nations, including Haiti, Palestine, and Honduras.

President Maduro also greeted the ALBA-TCP Executive Secretary, Jorge Arreaza, and members of ALBA Movements, alongside other social organizations from across the region.

ALBA was founded on December 14, 2004, in Havana, Cuba, through the signing of a Joint Declaration and the Agreement for the Implementation of ALBA by Commanders Hugo Chávez Frías, then President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and Fidel Castro Ruz, then President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.

The Alliance is currently composed of 10 member states: Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.