Peoples Summit in Argentina

Buenos Aires, Social, union and human rights organizations from Latin America will meet starting Tuesday in the Argentinean province of Cordova in a Summit of the Peoples for Sovereignty and South American Integration.

The meeting, to be run until Thursday simultaneously with the 30th MERCOSUR presidential summit, was convened by the Yes Movement of the Peoples, from Argentina, the Continental Social Alliance and the Continent’s Campaign against the FTAA

"We will meet again to continue the process of struggle, debate and construction of alternatives for Latin America," stated their organizers last week during the news conference.

The Cordova gathering will be the continuation of the 3rd Summit of the Peoples, held in November 2005 in Mar del Plata, which focused on the rejection of the US-boosted Free Trade Agreement with the Americas.

This forum will be used to ready for the Social Forum of the Peoples’ Integration, to be run in December in Bolivia, parallel to the presidential meeting of the South American Community of Nations.

The agenda also includes defense of water, land and environment, native peoples, migrations and South American citizenship, energy, the role of universities, health, countryside and women.

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