The members-states of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) gathered in Havana, Cuba to celebrate 14 years of working to defend regional peace and consolidate Latin American and Caribbean integration.
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, Cuba's former President Raul Castro, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Bolivia's President Evo Morales during the closing session of ALBA's 16th summit.
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Maduro and Castro embrace at the closing ceremony, in which ALBA condemned U.S. interventionism in the region and unilateral coercive measures against left-wing governments.
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President Maduro stressed the importance of building a new financial architecture by promoting projects like the virtual regional currency known as the SUCRE.
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Delegates from over 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the summit.
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Cuba's Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez read the final declarations, which included a commitment to build a democratic international order, in which countries' sovereignty is respected.
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A picture of all the presidents and prime ministers who traveled to Havana to participate in ALBA's XVI high-level summit.
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The final declaration included a call for greater unity to face recurrent threats by the United States.
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