Latin America Week 2008 (runs 5th - 12th April)

national | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Monday March 31, 2008 12:31 by events@lasc.ie - Latin America Solidarity Centre events at lasc dot ie 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2 01 676 0435

Turning the Tide: Resisting the Water Trade

Latin America Week 2008 aims to focus attention on the issue of the private exploitation of water, and the impact of this on human development. It will have a further emphasis on the Association Agreement currently being negotiated between the European Union and the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) - to be approved by summer 2009.

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The speakers come from Colombia, Ecuador, Italy and The Netherlands and all of them are grassroots activists who work in international solidarity and for their communities’ right to control its own water resources.

You can participate in / attend, among other events:

• A day-long conference in Dublin: Turning the Tide: Resisting the Water Trade, 12th April, from 10:00 to 17:00 at the Auditorium, Park Inn Hotel, Smithfield Village, Dublin 7.
• Public debates in Galway, Limerick, Belfast and Derry.
• Workshops for youth leaders.
• Photo Exhibition on use and abuse of water and natural resources in Latin America & Ireland.
• IX Irish Latin America Film Festival with screenings of documentaries on Latin America and on the specific issue of water struggles.
• A social event at the end of the closing conference: Club Sandino, an evening of Latin and World rhythms with DJ ‘R’. Special guests: Latin band MANTECA
• Many more solidarity and cultural events. For more info please visit http://www.lasc.ie

For further information please contact:
LASC, 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2
Ph. 01 6760435 - info@lasc.ie

For a full Latin America Week 2008 Programme visit http://www.lasc.ie/activities/law/law2008.html