拉美国家共同反对饥饿，贫穷

 　　MANAGUA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Member countries of the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) has taken a joint¹ step to stamp out hunger and poverty, a top Nicaraguan official said Monday.

　　ALBA and Petrocaribe, a regional mechanism² to supply poor Caribbean nations with oil through soft credit and other preferential deals, hammered out at a meeting last week a plan of action to eradicate³ extreme hunger and poverty, said Deputy Foreign Minister Valdrack Jaentschke.

　　The forum⁴ served to establish the mechanisms⁵ needed to improve productivity, promote food self-sufficiency and lift the community out of extreme poverty, Jaentschke said in a broadcast aired by the state-owned Channel 4.

　　He noted⁶ that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) agreed to back the efforts of ALBA nations to eradicate hunger and poverty with technical support.

　　The plan could help turn Latin America into an area that would be "free of hunger" over the next decade, said FAO representative to the ALBA-Petrocaribe meeting Raul Benitez.

　　Petrocaribe, with 17 members plus Venezuela, agreed to fund the plan with more than 60 million U.S. dollars in the next five years.

　　Founded by Venezuela and Cuba in 2004, ALBA has been aimed at promoting social, political and economic integration⁷ of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It currently has nine member states.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

3 eradicate   

v.根除，消灭，杜绝

参考例句：

• These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
• They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

5 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。