Bolivia Signs Pact With Leftist Allies
Bolivia’s new left-leaning president signed a pact in Havana with Cuba and Venezuela, rejecting U.S.-backed free trade and promising a socialist version of regional commerce and cooperation.
Cuban authorities did not release copies of the so-called Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas signed by Bolivia’s Evo Morales, so its contents were unclear.
Local media reported that the pact had the same language as a declaration signed last year by Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, which contained much leftist rhetoric and few specifics.
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