The Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas is an anti-American international organization, founded by late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Chavez justified that the Free Trade Area of the Americas (ALCA) is an "instrument of imperialism".
Members
The biggest part of the members of ALBA are leftist socialist states:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bolivia
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Venezuela
Observer members are:
Honduras was also a member, but after the electoral victory of the conservative National Party of Honduras, it left the organization.