The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) celebrated its 21st anniversary on Sunday by convening its 25th Summit, a gathering dedicated to the centenary of Commander Fidel Castro and the enduring legacy of regional unity left by both Castro and Hugo Chávez.
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In a joint message, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel hailed the bloc’s 2004 founding in Havana as a “giant step” toward a multipolar world free of hegemonies, built instead on “peace, cooperation and hope.”
“For ALBA peoples, returning to colonial status—on our knees—is not an option,” Maduro wrote on Telegram, praising member states as “warriors for peace” inspired by Bolívar, Martí, Sandino, Fidel and Chávez.
Díaz-Canel echoed the sentiment, describing ALBA as the living continuation of “two giants” devoted to the real integration of Our America. He warned that Washington’s “irrational onslaught” —from terrorist financing to smear campaigns against leaders like Maduro— has made Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba the “favorite targets” of coercive sanctions and economic siege.
Se cumplen 21 años del nacimiento del @ALBATCP, de la mano de los comandantes #Fidel y #Chávez; dos gigantes que dedicaron sus vidas a continuar la obra de Bolívar y Martí para lograr la verdadera integración de Nuestra América. Hoy honraremos ese legado en la XXV Cumbre. pic.twitter.com/VfDiRjN5f0
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) December 14, 2025
The 25th Summit is expected to adopt a new Declaration reaffirming the alliance’s founding principles: social-justice-based peace, unconditional solidarity and the right of all nations to self-determination. Leaders will also reiterate their commitment to keep Latin America and the Caribbean an “unalterable Zone of Peace” in the face of imperialism, blockades and war.
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