Venezuelan President Opens XXIII ALBA-TCP Summit | News [Video]

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro welcomed regional leaders at the Miraflores Palace on Wednesday in the framework of the XXIII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP).

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A number of issues are expected to be addressed, including the strengthening of sovereignty in the global South, solidarity with Palestine and the need to counter U.S. interference in the region.

Present on the occasion are Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba) and Luis Arce (Bolivia), heads of government Gaston Browne (Antigua and Barbuda), Ralph Gonsalves (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Roosevelt Skerrit (Dominica) and Phillip J. Pierre (St. Lucia), as well as the foreign minister of Grenada, Joseph Andall, and the ambassador of St. Kitts and Nevis, Norgen Wilson.

The countries that make up the regional organization seek to identify guidelines and …