Caribbean member states attends ALBA-TCP Summit in Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela: Representatives of the member nations of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) landed in Venezuela on Thursday to engage in the XIX Summit of Heads of State and Government.

Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit, PM of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez were among the attendees.

Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit expressed his solidarity with the public and governments of Venezuela and Bolivia in the face of aggression from outside while supporting Cuba's new triumph at the United Nations General Assembly. Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves talked about digital colonialism.

"There is a lot of noise when we speak about digital colonialism; they want to keep us automized, to change our communities into social laboratories," stated SVG PM, Ralph Gonsalves.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez acknowledged the ALBA-TCP member countries for "their unconditional support and reinforcement for the decision against the economic, commercial and economic blockade. The ALBA-TCP summit is being held during the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo in Venezuela, which consolidated the route to freedom from the Spanish empire.

Sacha Llorenti- The executive secretary of the entity, declared on his Twitter account that "remembering Carabobo is to remember our identity as free men and women. Ours is an Alliance for life and freedom".

The member states maintained that a review of so-called graduation criteria must be done that classify most Latin American and the Caribbean States as "middle-income nations" and which limits their access to credit and international collaboration.

Furthermore, they also demanded the removal of barriers to access and delivery of vaccines against this disease, including any one-sided actions aimed at hindering, curbing the disease and facilitating the vaccine on larger fronts.