Latin America's ALBA Versus the G20 and World Bank?

The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)will meet in the United Nations Conference on the
seems to have a bit of pent up hostility towards theInternational Financial Crisis."
United States and it is amazing to listen to some ofThis is completely curious as Hugo Chavez and Evo
their socialist rhetoric, although after the last election inMorales, two of the ring leaders of this ALBA gang,
the US, perhaps we are getting a bit used to it by now.have been busy stealing foreign invested factories,
In ALBA's declaration of demands (a three page rant),mines, telecommunication companies, oil infrastructure,
the group, or rather Hugo Chavez and his communistwater filtration plants and just about anything making
intellectuals said they questioned the G20'smoney that is or isn't bolted to the floor. Is this their idea
commitment to the IMF, and stated that they shouldof bringing financial stability to the world and getting
have been invited to participate, along with 192credit flowing again?
countries, in the establishment of a new world orderIt is rather insane to take ALBA seriously, except for
instead? The further stated that there needs to be a;the fact that the President of the United States
"Full transformation of the IMF, the World Bank and theBarack Obama went to meet with them in person,
WTO, entities that have contributed to this globalthus giving them credibility. ALBA's credit ratings has to
economic crisis with their neoliberal policies. Thebe just a little better than Cuba's, a nation which owes
solutions to the global economic crisis and the definition37 Billion Dollars to EU nations in unpaid trade debts, a
of a new international financial scheme should benation that wants to now open trade with the US?
adopted with the participation of the 192 countries thatOnly a fool would trade with any of these folks.