„The announced exit from Ecuador of the ALBA-TCP coincides with the political strategy currently being developed in South America, by some governments, of attacking Latin American and Caribbean integration, as, for example, has already been happening with the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and that will surely be extended to other integration spaces in Our America.“

Cespedes continued by reminding the Ecuadorean government of Lenin Moreno that ALBA is governed by „justice, solidarity, equity, cooperation, complementarity and the common will to advance in an equitable development based on respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples.“