ALBA

Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (Spanish)
Emblem
Headquarters	Caracas
Official languages	Spanish English
Member states	10 full members  Antigua and Barbuda  Bolivia  Cuba  Dominica  Grenada  Nicaragua  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Venezuela   Pending full membership  Suriname   Observers  Haiti  Iran  Syria   Former members  Honduras  Ecuador
Leaders
• Secretary General	Félix Plasencia[1]
Establishment
• Cuba–Venezuela Agreement	14 December 2004
• People's Trade Agreement	29 April 2006
Area
• Total	2,513,337[2] km2 (970,405 sq mi)
Population
• 2008 estimate	69,513,221
• Density	27.65/km2 (71.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2008 estimate
• Total	$636.481 billion
• Per capita	$9,156
Currency	5 currencies Bolívar Boliviano Córdoba EC dollar Peso
Time zone	UTC-4 to -6
Internet TLD	10 TLDs .ag .bo .cu .dm .gd .ni .kn .lc .vc .ve
Website albatcp.org

ALBA or ALBA–TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Spanish: Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América) or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (Spanish: Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos), is an intergovernmental organization based on the idea of political and economic integration of Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Founded initially by Cuba and Venezuela in 2004, it is associated with socialist and social democratic governments wishing to consolidate regional economic integration based on a vision of social welfare, bartering and mutual economic aid. The ten member countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela.^[3] Suriname was admitted to ALBA as a guest country at a February 2012 summit.^{[citation needed]}