Managua, May 25 (EFE). – The Nicaraguan government announced this Wednesday that President Daniel Ortega will attend the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA), scheduled for next Friday in Havana.
“The ALBA summit will take place on Friday in Havana, our Nicaragua will be there, as it should, as it should, as it should, our leader Daniel will be there,” said Rosario Murillo, Vice President of Nicaragua, via state media.
The first lady also did not say when Ortega will leave for the Cuban capital, which is preparing today to receive the heads of state of Alba.
The ALBA meeting will take place a few days before the Summit of the Americas, scheduled for early June in Los Angeles (USA), a country that has expressed doubts about the invitation of Cuban Presidents Ortega and Miguel Diaz-Canel, and Nicolas Maduro. , from Venezuela, because they “do not respect democracy”.
On May 19, Ortega said in a speech that he was not interested in attending the Summit of the Americas. “Going to that summit,” he said, “will be full, yes, it will be filled, and we already know what.” “That summit doesn’t glorify anyone, dirtier, dirtier,” he added.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry reported that the heads of state of ALBA will “exchange common development strategies” and “analyze the regional political situation,” after meeting for the last time last December.
Alba consists of Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. It also has Haiti and Suriname as special guests. EFE
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