ALBA on the Spotlight of Latin American and Caribbean Summit

[T&T Venezuela Bolivarian Solidarity]

Havana, July 31 (acn) The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas regional integration initiative will be at the centre of discussions during the
6th Social Summit for Latin American and Caribbean Unity, which opened sessions in Venezuela on Tuesday.

The main achievements and current strategies of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), plus a multilateral mechanism to achieve real
integration will be addressed by the summit, said Vidal Cisneros, member of the Venezuelan group at the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), cited by
PL.

Cisneros said that the participation of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua in the regional integration initiative proves the willingness of the governments of those four countries to progressively pay the social debt they have had with their own people. " The important issue is to discuss the integration mechanism, which was launched by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and backed by Cuba from the very beginning.  The ALBA was later joined by Bolivia and Nicaragua, though millions of Latin American and Caribbean people have been benefited by the ALBA programs, such as the Miracle Operation free-eye surgery", said Cisneros.