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June 25, 2009

Ecuador Joins Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas
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Meanwhile in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez is hosting the sixth
summit of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas. ALBA was
established as a counterweight to US-led trade agreements in Latin
America. On Wednesday, the existing members voted to admit Ecuador.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa praised ALBA as a further shift
towards regional integration.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa: “We are soliciting to be
incorporated in the ALBA in a demonstration of political consequence, of
ideological empathy and solidarity with our brother countries. Of course
it is a political project. It is a project of solidarity, of
integration.”



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