CARACAS, Wednesday November 26, 2008 | Update
"A new era, and a new concept of development, is being born," said Manuel Zelaya in Caracas (Photo: David Fernández / Efe)
Politics
The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) needs
to create a world monetary council in order to regulate the
economic system of its member states, according to Honduras
President Manuel Zelaya.
"We should seek an international economic order where a world
monetary council could be created in order to really regulate
a monetary system handled by the super power economies. A
new monetary, financial and bank structure could exist in
our region," he said on Wednesday.
During his speech at the ALBA Third Summit held in Caracas,
Zelaya talked about the significance of proposing a global
international order premised on the development of the ALBA
member states, reported state-run news agency ABN.
"A new era, and a new concept of development, is being born.
Therefore, we must use our initiative and tell all the countries
in the world that the current international economic structure
has been a great failure and it is impoverishing our peoples."
05:09 PM. Economy. If any country has cashed in on the Bolivarian revolution, that is Brazil, particularly the private companies of the southern neighbor. Over the past five years, it has been awarded contracts for works to be carried out in Venezuela for over USD 14 billion. This puts it as the first recipient of government-to-government contracts, that is, without bidding, since Hugo Chávez took office.