They are expected to participate in the 24th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America–People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), which will be held to mark the organization’s 20th anniversary.

Both leaders landed at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, where they were received by a delegation led by Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil.

Afterward, the Venezuelan diplomat shared welcoming messages for Diaz-Canel and Gonsalves on Telegram, emphasizing that Saturday’s meeting aims to revitalize solidarity and regional integration in the face of growing imperialist aggressions and the challenges posed by the climate crisis.

#Aniversario20ALBA | El 14 de diciembre de este año la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América -Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP) cumple 20 años de creada. #13Dic pic.twitter.com/BzaXfvjS5n

— ALBA-TCP (@ALBATCP) December 13, 2024

The text reads, “On Dec. 14 of this year, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) celebrates 20 years of its creation.”

On the social media platform X, the Cuban president Diaz-Canel expressed his enthusiasm for arriving in Caracas, the resting place of Simon Bolivar and Commander Hugo Chavez.

“ALBA-TCP is turning 20, and we are here to ensure its forces remain invincible through unity, as envisioned by Jose Marti, who founded the newspaper Patria, and as conceived in the integration efforts of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez,” he stated.

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America was established in 2004, spearheaded by then-leaders of Venezuela and Cuba, Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, respectively.

Today, it comprises ten member nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela.