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ALBA: Genuine Latin American Integration Project
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(ALBA) is the genuine Latin American integration project, said Cuban Vice-president Carlos Lage in his speech Monday at a Ceremony held in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduras officially joined the integration initiative.
(ALBA) is the genuine Latin American integration project, said Cuban Vice-president Carlos Lage in his speech Monday at a Ceremony held in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduras officially joined the integration initiative.
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The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas
(ALBA) is the genuine Latin American integration project, said Cuban Vice-president Carlos Lage in his speech Monday at a Ceremony held in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduras officially joined the integration initiative.
"ALBA was the inspiration of Hugo Chavez, the project boosted by both Chavez and Fidel Castro and the hope of all of us," said Lage, who noted that the initiative is aimed at the integration of nations and not of the markets, while it promotes solidarity and rejects individual selfish interests; it means understanding of differences and preferential attention to the most vulnerable ones.
Lage said that ALBA (Spanish acronym that stands for DAWN) places man at the center of its goals and makes it the target of all efforts and not as a victim of the market, of greed and ambition; ALBA does not need any military treaties, because it is a brotherhood oath.
In referring to some of the projects implemented in the context of ALBA, Carlos Lage said that over 1, 3 million Latin Americans have recovered their sight through the Operation Miracle free-eye surgery program; over 3, 2 millions have been taught how to read and write; 6,
693 medical doctors have graduated under the initiative, while another 40, 000 youths are currently studying medicine.
As to the field of economy, he recalled that 125,000 barrels of oil are being funneled daily to 13 countries under preferential conditions; other projects include the ALBA-Food program, the Bank of the ALBA and the regional or multi-party enterprises known in Spanish as "Grannacionales", which are now under development.
In his speech, Carlos Lage recalled the historic bonds that unite Cuba and Honduras, a country that was home to outstanding Cuban independence fighters in the 19th century. "Here, they found hospitality, support, friendship and love," he said.
At present 394 Cubans are offering their services in Education, health care and other fields in Honduras; over 24, 540 Hondurans have undergone eye surgery and recovered their sight in local hospitals. Some 650 Honduran professionals have graduated from Cuban universities, while another 853 are currently taking higher education courses, including medicine, said the Cuban VP.
Carlos Lage recalled that a "political silence prevailed between Cuba and Honduras for over 30 years;" however, he stressed, "our two peoples and governments united in solidarity when President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales visited Havana last October 2007."
(ALBA) is the genuine Latin American integration project, said Cuban Vice-president Carlos Lage in his speech Monday at a Ceremony held in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduras officially joined the integration initiative.
"ALBA was the inspiration of Hugo Chavez, the project boosted by both Chavez and Fidel Castro and the hope of all of us," said Lage, who noted that the initiative is aimed at the integration of nations and not of the markets, while it promotes solidarity and rejects individual selfish interests; it means understanding of differences and preferential attention to the most vulnerable ones.
Lage said that ALBA (Spanish acronym that stands for DAWN) places man at the center of its goals and makes it the target of all efforts and not as a victim of the market, of greed and ambition; ALBA does not need any military treaties, because it is a brotherhood oath.
In referring to some of the projects implemented in the context of ALBA, Carlos Lage said that over 1, 3 million Latin Americans have recovered their sight through the Operation Miracle free-eye surgery program; over 3, 2 millions have been taught how to read and write; 6,
693 medical doctors have graduated under the initiative, while another 40, 000 youths are currently studying medicine.
As to the field of economy, he recalled that 125,000 barrels of oil are being funneled daily to 13 countries under preferential conditions; other projects include the ALBA-Food program, the Bank of the ALBA and the regional or multi-party enterprises known in Spanish as "Grannacionales", which are now under development.
In his speech, Carlos Lage recalled the historic bonds that unite Cuba and Honduras, a country that was home to outstanding Cuban independence fighters in the 19th century. "Here, they found hospitality, support, friendship and love," he said.
At present 394 Cubans are offering their services in Education, health care and other fields in Honduras; over 24, 540 Hondurans have undergone eye surgery and recovered their sight in local hospitals. Some 650 Honduran professionals have graduated from Cuban universities, while another 853 are currently taking higher education courses, including medicine, said the Cuban VP.
Carlos Lage recalled that a "political silence prevailed between Cuba and Honduras for over 30 years;" however, he stressed, "our two peoples and governments united in solidarity when President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales visited Havana last October 2007."