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Political Declarationof the Petrocaribe-Alba

Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting

We, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize,Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala,Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, the DominicanRepublic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, e Saint Vincent and theGrenadines, Saint Lucia, Surinam and Venezuela havegathered, at the highest level, in Caracas, BolivarianRepublic of Venezuela, this 9 and 10 of January 2013, onthe occasion of the Petrocaribe - ALBA Extraordinary

Ministerial Meeting in solidarity with President HugoChavez. At this Meeting we have undersigned this PoliticalDeclaration to:

- Express the full endosement of the new political,economic, social and cultural spaces represented byPetrocaribe and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoplesof Our America (ALBA), which were established at the

initiative of the President of the Bolivarian Republic ofVenezuela, Commander Hugo Chavez, and thatconstitute an essential contribution of the BolivarianRevolution to the consolidation of regional union andintegration.

- Reiterate our full and absolute solidarity with thePresident of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,

Commander Hugo Chavez, who is fighting a majorbattle for his wellbeing in our sister Republic of Cuba.

- Join the numerous manifestations of faith and spiritualexpressions all over the world, and we offer prayers forthe full recovery of President Hugo Chavez health andhis prompt return to Venezuela, homeland of theLiberator Simon Bolivar.

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- Reiterate our congratulations to Commander HugoChavez on his victory in the elections held on 7October 2012 with a significant majority of the popularand freely expressed vote. These elections resulted in

his re-election as the President of the BolivarianRepublic of Venezuela for a new term of six yearsstarting on 10 January 2013.

- Also congratulate the Venezuelan people on theirimpressive demonstration of their democraticcommitment and citizenship represented by theiroverwhelming participation in the presidential elections

of 7 October 2012, which was a record in therepublican history of Venezuela.

- Wish to express our full confidence in the Governmentof the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and thedemocratic institutions of that fraternal country and wefully support the actions which have been taken withinthe framework of the Constitution of the Bolivarian

Republic of Venezuela to make sure that thedemocratically expressed will of the Venezuelanpeople is seriously respected.

- Affirm that we will be steadfast with the Venezuelanpeople and their Bolivarian Government in strictrespect for the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republicof Venezuela, in its effort to ensure that the health

situation of President Hugo Chvez be not used as apretext by the enemies of the Bolivarian Revolution todestabilize the Venezuelan homeland; and accordinglydenounce any interference in Venezuelas internalaffairs, a matter on which the Venezuelan people haveclearly expressed their democratic will.

- Urge respect for the ruling of the Supreme Court of the

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the body which has

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the duty and power to interpret the provisions of theconstitution, which affirms the supremacy of the rule oflaw and the settled view that nothing should trump thewill of the people, overwhelmingly expressed in the

presidential elections of 7 October 2012.

- Express our congratulations to the Government of theBolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on leading thisPetrocaribe ALBA Extraordinary Ministerial Meetingthat has been successfully developed and concluded.

- Express appreciation to the Government and people of

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the generoushospitality extended to us during the ExtraordinaryMinisterial Meeting of Ministers of Petrocaribe ALBA.

Caracas, 10 January 2013