ALBA

Regional armed forces

June 9, 2011

Cuba and Venezuela are pushing for the formation of a military academy with a “Latin Americanist doctrine” for ALBA, affirmed Venezuelan foreign minister Nicolas Maduro, who accompanied Hugo Chavez in his trip to Havana this week. [El Universal] ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas) was organized by Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez in 2004 as [...]

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Socialist resurgence in Latin America

March 15, 2010

Brazilian author and philosopher Olavo de Carvalho’s interview on the socialist/communist resurgence in Latin America appears in the New American.

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Cuban govt delegation meets with Chavez

November 23, 2009

A delegation of high-ranking Cuban government officials met Sunday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavéz at the hall of the Council of Ministers in Miraflores Palace to discuss next month’s ALBA summit in Cuba, informs the Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information. The Cuban delegation was led by Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz (Vice-President, Council of Ministers) along with [...]

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