ALBA Office To Be Opened in Peru

[T&T Venezuela Bolivarian Solidarity]

Havana, Jul 30 (acn) An office for the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) will be opened in Peru in October, even though the country is not a member nation of the integration initiative.

Andean Parliament Representative Elsa Malpartida, from the opposition Nationalist Party (PNP), said the new headquarters for the cooperation mechanism, comprised of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, will be established in the city of Tingo Maria, 560 kilometers east of Lima.

Malpartida said that among other endeavors the office will help process patients requiring eye surgery, before they are sent to Venezuela for free operations within the framework of the Cuba-Venezuela led Mission Milagro, promoted under the ALBA initiative.

After being opened by Puno Governor Hernan Fuentes, the office Has been subject to several verbal attacks, with both Belaunde and Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo claiming that the office would favor foreign interference.

Meanwhile Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde said the ALBA office in Puno is perfectly legit. He explained that an investigation showed the office was managed by Peruvians who do not respond to any international mechanism.