Venezuela, ALBA sends aid to Syrian refugees

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on September 10 that a Venezuelan Armed Forces plane would carry humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon.

The initiative came out of a resolution from the political council of the anti-imperialist bloc Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) meeting in Caracas. The plane will bring blankets, medicine, and food. Established by Venezuela and Cuba in 2004 as an alternative to US domination, ALBA now involves eight nations from the region

The ALBA resolution rejected any intervention or military action in Syria. It said: “The ALBA will send planes loaded with life while the United States hopes to send planes loaded with bombs that cause death and destruction.”

[Abridged from Venezuela Analysis.]

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