[citation needed] Newly elected President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua signed the agreement in January 2007.
[6] In April 2009, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was accepted as the seventh member of ALBA, while Grenada stated publicly that it was not yet ready to join the bloc.
[8] Antigua and Barbuda, Ecuador and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines formally joined ALBA on 24 June 2009.
[12][13] On 16 December 2009, the Honduran congress met to withdraw the country from the ALBA, claiming a "lack of respect" from Venezuela since the country's joining in 2008, citing in particular Hugo Chavez' remarks about a potential invasion of Honduras to restore Manuel Zelaya to office, after he was removed on 28 June 2009 in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état.
[17] Bolivia's interim government withdrew in November 2019 during the political crisis,[18] but rejoined following the 2020 Bolivian general election.