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In 1994, Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro celebrated a historic first meeting in Havana. The two leaders spoke of Latin America’s second independence: a new era of integration and sovereignty.
Their words came full circle 10 years later, on #14Dec, 2004, with @ALBATCP’s creation.
Their words came full circle 10 years later, on #14Dec, 2004, with @ALBATCP’s creation.
Chávez and Fidel wrote a visionary document that became the foundation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). They stated 2 goals: sovereignty from US domination and Latin America's economic, political and cultural integration. 
ALBA-TCP was the reason Washington’s neocolonial “free trade” ALCA treaty was buried in 2005, with the Peoples’ Trade Treaty (TCP in Spanish), based on complementarity, solidarity, and cooperation, added in 2006. The platform even has its own common regional currency: SUCRE.
