ALBA

This article is about the intergovernmental organization in Latin America and the Caribbean. For the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, see Alba. For the Gaelic television channel from the BBC, see BBC Alba. For other uses, see Alba (disambiguation).
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty
Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (Spanish)
Emblem of ALBA-TCP
Emblem
HeadquartersCaracas
Official languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Member states
Leaders
Venezuela Jorge Arreaza[1]
Establishment
• Cuba–Venezuela Agreement
14 December 2004
• People's Trade Agreement
29 April 2006
Area
• Total
2,513,337[2] km2 (970,405 sq mi)
Population
• 2008 estimate
69,513,221
• Density
27.65/km2 (71.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2008 estimate
• Total
$636.481 billion
• Per capita
$9,156
Currency
5 currencies
Time zoneUTC-4 to -6
Internet TLD
10 TLDs
Website
albatcp.org

ALBA or ALBA–TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Spanish: Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América) or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (Spanish: Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos), is an intergovernmental organization based on the idea of political and economic integration of Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Founded initially by Cuba and Venezuela in 2004, it is associated with socialist and social democratic governments wishing to consolidate regional economic integration based on a vision of social welfare, bartering and mutual economic aid. The ten member countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela.[3] Suriname was admitted to ALBA as a guest country at a February 2012 summit.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Declaración del ALBA-TCP: Justicia social y cooperación". ACN (in Spanish). 16 December 2022. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. ^ The total area of ALBA reaches 5,057,735 km2 if the maritime areas is included .
  3. ^ "Declaration of the ALBA-TCP XIII Summit and commemoration of its tenth anniversary, December 14, 2014 – ALBA TCP". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Raisi vows to boost relations with Latin America". Tehran Times. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Kaufman, Chuck (October 30, 2015). "Critical Support: What Does It Mean for Solidarity with Latin America?". CounterPunch. Retrieved August 8, 2024.