Economy
The prime minister of the Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and Dominica, as well as the Foreign Minister of Grenada, arrived on Wednesday in Venezuela to attend the Sixth Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).

The meeting was convened by Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez to formalize the entry of Ecuador, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), Efe reported.

The prime ministers of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralf Gonsalves, and of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, arrived about 23.30 GMT at the Libertador military base in Maracay, state of Aragua, where they were received by pro-Chávez governor of the central Venezuela state, Rafael Isea.

In addition to the Caribbean leaders, the Presidents of Bolivia, Evo Morales; Ecuador, Rafael Correa; and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, have also arrived in Venezuela to attend the summit. Local authorities also await the arrival of the foreign ministers of Honduras, Patria Rosas and Paraguay, Héctor Lacognata.