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<H2><a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/105369">Latin American Week Festival 2015-Galway</a></H2>
Galway | Rights, Freedoms and Repression | By Marta Fabregat LASC <h4>Event Time: Monday, Apr 27 2015</h4>
<P>Planting dreams, gather hope: grassroots visions for global environmental justice<br />
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A Latin American History workshop linking Latin America and Ireland. This is part or a running series of Latin American Developent issues in Galway.<br />
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LASC is organizing its yearly Latin America Week, and as part of our annual tradition we will hold a conference focusing on grassroots alternatives to global environmental issues. The environmental crisis that the planet is suffering from has affected the most vulnerable population on the planet. Many people in Latin America have responded to this crisis by taking decisive action to challenge Government and corporate policies in order to seek environmental justice. We are pleased to announce that this year's speaker veteran of the Water Wars in Bolivia, Maria Eugenia Flores.</P><P>PLANTING DREAMS, GATHERING HOPES:<br />
Grassroots visions for global environmental justice<br />
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Monday 27th of April<br />
Monroe’s downstairs room<br />
Dominick Street, Galway<br />
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16.30<br />
Workshop on Latin American Development issues<br />
Our wealth has always generated the poverty of the Latin American people. <br />
Introductory workshop with Nancy Serrano, former Lecturer at UL.<br />
This introductory workshop will give participants an overview of the history of Latin America and it will explore the common issues affecting development in the past and present, linking Latin America and Ireland.<br />
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18.30 - 8pm<br />
Public and community partnerships for water management: a practical alternative for the common good, public talk by Maria Eugenia Florez (Cochabamba, Bolivia) – Red Vida<br />
Maria Eugenia Flores took part on the Water Wars in Cochabamba in 2000. Since then, she has worked in initiatives of local and community water management systems and has helped supporting communities in this processes. Currently, she works for Red Vida, an inter-American network of social movements working in defense of water.<br />
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THIS IS A FREE EVENT.<br />
For more information you can talk to us at <br />
0872031764</P>
<p><small>posted on: Monday, Apr 20 2015, 11:10pm</small></p>
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