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International
Updated
15/10/09
Time
07:24 p.m. |
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Bolivia Social Movements Hold Summit |
Escrito por Fany Rodríguez
 Cochabamba,
Bolivia, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) More than 700 delegates of
social and indigenous people''s movements of the member
countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our
Americas (ALBA), are beginning Thursday their first Summit.
Representatives of 40 European, African and Asian countries
are attending the deliberations in Casa Campestre, which is
located 6.2 miles from the center of Cochabamba.
Issues as community economy, climate change, food
sovereignty, autonomy- self-determination, systematic
consultation and participation in projects and mega-projects
excel among the issues of that meeting that is part of the
7th ALBA Summit.
Representatives will also debate about the ALBA and the
People's Trade Agreement (TCP) implementation. The People's
Trade Agreement was an initiative of Bolivian President Evo
Morales.
Isaac Avalos, secretary of the Single Confederation of
Bolivian Rural Laborers (CSUTCB) and member of the
organizing committee, told Prensa Latina that the strategic
mandates and guidelines that emerged from that forum would
be handed over to the heads of State or Government of the
ALBA nations.
With that purpose, social organizations would meet with the
heads of delegations from Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador,
Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominica, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday at Felix
Capriles Stadium. |
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