CEVAP:

ALADI is the ultimate phase of an integration process started in the late 1950s. The initial stage was the foundation of the Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA) in 1960 which failed to satisfy the expectations. The motivation behind forming such anssociation was promoting economic activities following the destruction of World War II. The idea was alike Europen Economic Community which was founded 2 years before LAFTA in Western Europe.