HAVANA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales joined Cuban President Fidel Castro and Venezuelan Presdient Hugo Chavez in Havana on Friday to endorse a trade alternative to replace the U.S.-backed free market trade pact.

    The pact calls for shared trade and cooperation among Latin American countries, rejecting the U.S.-backed unsuccessful Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA. Castro and Chavez called the bloc the U.S. attempt to "annex" Latin America.

    Saturday's ceremony will mark a deepening political and economic alliance among the three nations, as they work toward their own idea for regional integration without U.S. influence. Enditem