Find out about recent developments in the region and support the peoples of Latin America in their struggles for self determination and social justice.
Latin America 2012 will include sessions on these and many more:
Global Meltdown and Austerity – Latin America’s Response and European Resistance
The media and Latin America - Tackling Misrepresentation
US Intervention in Latin America - Where after the Presidential Elections?
ALBA & The New Latin America: Showing Health and Education for All is Possible
Cuba, updating the Socialist economic model
Colombia's Peace Process
Finding A Progressive Solution to the ‘Malvinas Question’
Over 50 speakers from across Latin America - Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru plus academics, writers and trade unionists including
Esther Armenteros, Ambassador, Cuba; Robin Blackburn, University of Essex; Victoria Brittain, Journalist; Alicia Castro, Ambassador, Argentina; Jeremy Corbyn MP; Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT; Richard Gott, Writer; Owen Jones,Writer; Tony Kapcia, University of Nottingham; Stathis Kouvélakis, Syriza, Greece; Prof. Ernesto Laclau, University of Essex; Peter Lambert, University of Bath; Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London; Prof. Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS; Guillaume Long, President, CEAACES, Ecuador ; Dr. Steve Ludlam, Sheffield University; Seumas Milne, Guardian journalist; Guisell Morales-Echaverry, Embassy of Nicaragua; Aidee Moreno, Colombian Agricultural Workers’ Union, FENSUAGRO; Fidel Ernesto Narvaez, Alianza PAIS – Ecuador; Frances O'Grady, General Secretary designate TUC; Jacobo Torres, Venezuelan TUC.
More speakers to be announced. Plus a series of films and documentaries throughout the day. Full programme coming soon.
Organised by Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and supported by a coalition of solidarity organisations and Trade Unions
