ALBA Supports CARICOM's Reparations

The thirteenth summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty, was held in La Habana, the capital of Cuba, on December 14, 2014 with the attendance of fifteen delegations. The summit ended with the approval of the final declaration, the admission of Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis as new members and the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of ALBA-TCP.

At paragraph 24 of the final declaration members agreed [ ... ] to emphasize the importance that ALBA-TCP gives to the reparation of the damages caused by the genocide against the native peoples and slavery in the Caribbean and to foster the start of a dialog on reparations with the European countries closely involved in the genocide against the native peoples is in the possession of slaves, to deal with the consequences of these crimes against humanity. [ ... ]

ALBA-TCP took its first steps on December 14 2004 with the signing of the agreement between Venezuela and Cuba. In the following years Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Honduras (then retired following the coup d'état), Ecuador, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis joined the agreement. ALBA develops some mechanisms of political, social and economic cooperation among member states in view of the second and final independence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Colonialism Reparation welcomes the support given by the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) to the request for reparations for the genocide of the native peoples and the slavery of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and calls on other international organizations such as the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), the African Union (AU), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Union (EU), etc. to follow this example.

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Colonialism Reparation is part of the movement for the condemnation, the reconciliation, the apologies and the compensation for colonialism. It was conceived in 2008 by a volunteer of the Italian association "Battito solidale" which, thanks to his frequent journeys to Guinea and Senegal, had the opportunity to realize which disastrous impact the colonialism still had in the daily life of billions of people and how in many nations the current situation is merely its camouflaged continuation.

Colonialism Reparation promotes, supports and spreads non-violent activities aimed to create awareness of the current world situation and thereby to encourage the achievement of its objective

- that the colonizing nations condemn their colonial past recognizing it as a crime against humanity and that the colonized nations exert pressure to make it happen

- that the colonizing nations reconcile with their past, permanently distancing themselves from it by officially apologizing the colonized nations

- that the colonizing nations compensate the colonized nations for the atrocities and abuses committed thus allowing an improvement in their socio-economic conditions.

The contribution of every person who recognizes the importance of this activity to the creation of a climate of friendship and cooperation between peoples is necessary and appreciated. This contribution will create an extremely positive precedent in international relations as well, promoting the supremacy of the "force of law" on the "law of force".