Contributing to this loss of dynamism is the flood of proposals rushing out of Venezuela, including the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA, with its own standing army), the Trade Treaty of the Peoples (TCP), the Bank of the South, and the South Atlantic Treaty Organization (OTAS). Some of the Venezuelan initiatives are going nowhere, but others, such Petrocaribe, Petrosur, and TeleSUR, are taking off.
导致活力进一步减弱的是委内瑞拉涌出的大量提案，包括设有常备军的玻利瓦尔美洲国家替代计划（AlBA）、民族贸易条约（TCP）、南方银行和南大西洋公约组织（OTAS）。 其中一些委内瑞拉计划走进了死胡同，而加勒比石油计划、南美石油组织和南方电视台的其他计划仍在不断的推出。