BRISTOL LATIN AMERICAN FORUM 2007

SUMMARY & SCHEDULE

The Bristol Latin American Forum is an exciting political and cultural event to be held from 11 am - 6 pm on Saturday, 10th of March 2007 at the Department of Hispanic & Portuguese Studies, University of Bristol, 15 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 (NOTE: entry is from the rear of No. 21). Starting and ending with two speaker plenaries/ discussions and having 15 widely varied workshops throughout the day, the Forum will focus on the political, social, economic and cultural changes now sweeping across Latin America, especially in areas such as challenges to neo-liberalism, self empowerment for the poor,
environmental issues and human rights.

Speakers:

RICHARD SOLLY - activist in the Colombia Solidarity Campaign.
AMANCAY COLQUE - indigenous rights activist and spokeswoman for the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign.
FELIX PLASENCIA - Deputy Minister at the Venezuelan Embassy in London.
TARIQ ALI - historian, political commentator and author of ‘Pirates of The Caribbean: Axis Of Hope’ (Verso Press 2006).

Workshops:

Session 1 is themed around ‘Foreign Intervention & Local Resistance’.
Session 2 is themed around ‘Art, Culture & Identity’.
Session 3 is themed around ‘Social Movements & Solidarity’.

Lunch will be provided by the Kebele Social Centre. A Film Room at the Forum will also show film made in and/ or about Latin America all day long.

AFTER PARTY:
9 pm - 2 am at The Full Moon bar/ club, 1 North Street, Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3PR. Featuring prominent Cuban hip-hop artists Obsesión (founding fathers of the Cuban hip hop scene - their 2003 USA tour culminated at the Harlem Apollo and they also performed at the 2006 World Social Forum in Venezuela), Los Paisanos (Havana underground rap outfit since 2000), and Orchestra Montpelier (16-piece salsa creole outfit). Contact The Full Moon on 01179 245 170 for details.

Key Participant Organisations: Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Bristol Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Cuba Solidarity, Kiptik, BLINC, Bolivia Solidarity Campaign, Mapuche International.