Honduras joins Chvez’s club
Honduras joins a club promoted by Venezuela and CubaOn October 9th the Honduran Congress ratified the country’s membership in the Alternativa Bolivariana para los pueblos de nuestra America (ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative for American Countries), a regional grouping promoted by Venezuela and Cuba. There was initial resistance from most legislators, including the members of the ruling Partido Liberal (PL) and the opposition, who were concerned that ALBA was part of the strategy of t...
10/20/2008 11:29:38 AM
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