The president of the Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, requested ALBA-TCP for help in matters of security and food assistance.
Voltaire recalled the seriousness of the situation in Haiti, marked by gang violence that has affected the population since February 29 of this year, and now is leading an escalation that in just four days has killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds of citizens.
In a video broadcast in the context of the 24th Summit of Heads of State and Government of ALBA-TCP, held the day before in Venezuela, Voltaire said: “We call on our brothers of ALBA-TCP to help us with security and also with food assistance because there are six million Haitians who are now starving during this Christmas period.”
The member countries of ALBA-TCP decided to support Haiti in its stability, peace and democracy.
This was announced by the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, during the meeting that was attended by its 10 member countries, Honduras and Palestine as special guests, Haiti and social movements from around the world.
The dignitary affirmed that times of peace, work and prosperity will return for Haiti and assured that it is one of the great commitments of the Alliance, beyond the limitations for this Caribbean nation to “recover its path of peace, stability, democracy, its social and economic development.”
The Bolivarian Alliance, he stressed, “has precise instructions to move forward in everything that can help Haiti,” and added that progress was made to provide economic and security support to the Haitian people.
Maduro recalled that as part of the programs developed by ALBA-TCP, Petrocaribe was born, a program of energy security, financial stability, and economic support that “has never been seen in the world” that allowed 18 Caribbean States to benefit on equal terms.
ALBA-TCP is made up of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, as well as Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, and Saint Lucia.
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