The first ALBA ship sets sail from La Guaira with more than 6,000 tons of food

In a historic milestone for regional integration, the first ship of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) set sail this Thursday from the Port of La Guaira, loaded with more than 6,100 tons of fertilizers, food for human and animal consumption, in order to consolidate intraregional trade under a solidarity, complementary and mutually beneficial scheme.

The Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP, Rander Peña, emphasized that this vessel represents the realization of the agreements adopted at the ALBA Summit held on December 14, 2024, where key instruments for strengthening regional food sovereignty were defined, such as AgroALBA and Alba Azul. “Now we add this ship as a logistical tool that connects our productive capacities with the needs of our people,” he stated.

“While other empires deploy military ships in the Caribbean to intimidate and threaten peace, the Bolivarian Alliance sends ships full of food and solutions that will impact the well-being of the people. This is concrete proof that the blockade can be overcome with political will,” Peña stated.

The Executive Secretary also reported that a mapping of the productive niches of the ALBA member countries has already been carried out, which will allow for prioritizing exports and imports within the bloc.

In the coming months, the Economic Complementation Council will be developed and business rounds will be held between producers and entrepreneurs from the region, with the aim of translating integration into tangible benefits for the population.

The ALBA ship will travel to various destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America, to establish the bloc's first regular maritime routes, and lay the foundations for a sovereign and cooperative logistics network.

The departure ceremony was attended by the president of the ALBA Bank, Raúl Li Causi, the vice minister of Foreign Trade and president of the Export Promotion Agency Daniela Cabello, and representatives of the Venexporta agency, who celebrated this step as a victory for the model of life based on hope, solidarity and complementarity, against the imperial model of war and domination.

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