Social Forum in
Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY - Five
days before the
beginning in Guatemala
of the Third Americas
Social Forum, the
organizing committee
speeds up Thursday
arrangements to welcome
thousands of delegates
in one of the events of
greatest significance
for the region.
The meeting, to be held
for a first time in a
Central American
country, will bring
together representatives
from over 800
organizations, 100
leaders from the Central
American peasant group
Via Campesina, as well
as entities from Brazil,
Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru,
Cuba, Venezuela, and
Mexico, among others.
The gathering will
analyze important
issues, among them,
indigenous people,
defense of land,
territories, the
consequences of
neoliberal policies, and
the US Free Trade
Treaty, etc.
The forum will be held
October 7-12 at the
historic University of
San Carlos, and include
a march from the higher
education center to the
city's Central Park.
Sandra Moran, from the
Hemispheric Committee,
stated that the forum
includes 358 events,
among them seminars,
workshops, talks and
debates, as well as 50
artistic activities,
multicultural nights,
theatre works and
screening of films. |
