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Cochabamba: capital of South American
integration
BY MARIO HUBERT
GARRIDO – Prensa Latina special correspondent –
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia Dec. 6 —. This Bolivian city is
becoming the capital of continental unity, according
to organizers of the Social Forum for Integration of
the Peoples, which begins today, and the 2nd South
American Summit of Nations (CSN), to open this
Friday.
Pablo Viglieti, of the event’s organizing committee,
confirmed to Prensa Latina that about 2,500
delegates from more than 20 countries and 60
organizations have registered for the discussions.
About 13 issues will be discussed at workshops that
will precede the meeting in the auditorium of the
Instituto Americano, set for tonight.
According to Viglieti, the issues of defense and
militarization are pressing ones that will be
discussed by farmers, workers, other indigenous
people, intellectuals and members of religious
groups from the region.
They
will also address other matters of concern for civil
society, such as health and education, as well as
institutions, asymmetries and trade.
Migration and citizenship; the environment and
biodiversity; water, justice and impunity;
financing, agriculture and food sovereignty; as well
as social rights, jobs and decriminalization of the
coca leaf, will all be topics up for discussion, he
explained.
According to Juan Carlos Gremio of the organizing
committee, more than 1,000 visitors are expected.
(Translated by Granma International) |
