Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra Amrica , ALBA], the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States [ Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeos , CELAC], and the Southern Common Market [ Mercado Comn del Sur , MERCOSUR], which Venezuela just joined. MERCOSUR is more economic than the others, but we can insert a social agenda there, too. These agreements are about internationalizing the revolution. When Chvez was first elected, he was talking about the "Third Way," but he evolved. He started to talk about Marx. The goal is not only to have revolution in one country, but for all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and the rest of the world. This is especially important with the economic crises in Spain, Portugal and Greece, which have been destroyed by the recipe of the International Monetary Fund. Venezuela can provide an example to all of these countries. Right now in the countries of Europe they are cutting all the social benefits and attacking workers' rights, confiscating the gains of the previous eras. Here it is the opposite; we are regaining the benefits that we lost under the neoliberal period. The enthusiasm and happiness of the people in the streets is palpable. You feel it and see it when you go from house to house, how people want to vote for the " patria ." People support this process because the Constitution allows for them to participate in decision-making over their own budgets, to decide how to use