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Call for strike against pension reform in Uruguay
March 21 |
The Uruguayan trade union central PIT-CNT called for a partial general strike this Thursday to reject the pension reform promoted by the government that aims to gradually raise the retirement age from 60 to 65 years.
The organization calls for several demonstrations under the slogan “Against the government’s pension reform”, which will include a rally at the esplanade of the University of the Republic, as well as a march to the Legislative Palace.
According to the leadership of the central, each union will assume the strike in the manner determined by its members due to the diversity of unions that are agglutinated in the largest labor organization of the South American nation.
The vice-president of the PIT-CNT, José Lorenzo López, pointed out that the reform “implies that the workers work more to earn less retirement” while stressing that “another reform is possible”.
“The only thing the government is looking for is to finance the social security deficit with the workers’ pockets”, added the leader, meanwhile, he urged the authorities to seek financing from “capital and not from labor”.
According to López, the tent installed in front of the Legislative Palace, in which activities are carried out every day, will remain until the day the bill is voted on.
“Depending on what happens in the Parliament, which is not very clear what is going to happen, if it is going to be postponed or if it is going to be voted as established, we will see what are the steps to follow”, he pointed out.
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Brazil and Venezuela consolidate alliances with the signing of agreements
May 31 |
The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, witnessed on Tuesday the signing of several agreements to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the diplomatic and agri-food fields, official sources reported.
In a ceremony held at the Itamaraty Palace, Brasilia, capital of Brazil, where the presidents participated in a meeting of South American presidents, the Memorandum of Understanding on agri-food matters was signed.
The text was signed by the Venezuelan Minister of Productive Agriculture and Lands, Wilmar Castro Soteldo, and the Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, according to the Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information in a press release.
This memorandum is aimed at “exploring opportunities and deepening exchanges in the areas of agriculture, livestock, sovereignty and food and nutritional security”, the press release added.
Likewise, Foreign Minister Vieira signed with his Venezuelan counterpart, Yvan Gil, the Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of the Supervision and Follow-up Mechanism of the Brazil-Venezuela Bilateral Cooperation Program.
This agreement seeks to promote South-South technical cooperation based on the exchange of knowledge and experiences to face similar socio-economic development challenges.
The communiqué specified that with these alliances, Caracas and Brasilia reaffirm cooperation and the intention to deepen economic and commercial exchange, which reached US$6,000,000,000 in 2013.
Venezuela and Colombia create a Neighborhood Commission
During the same day, Foreign Minister Gil and his Colombian counterpart, Álvaro Leyva, signed the Agreement for the Creation of the Neighborhood and Integration Commission, a ceremony attended by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
The new commission will focus on promoting and coordinating cooperation in common border areas, as well as business and productive complementarity.
The leaders underlined the existing commitment to consolidate diplomatic relations, which were reestablished last August, with the beginning of Petro’s mandate.
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President of Bolivia stresses the need for regional integration
May 31 |
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, highlighted on Tuesday the need for true regional integration for the benefit of the peoples.
In the framework of the meeting of South American presidents held in Brazil, the Bolivian president affirmed that an “ideologization of integration and a vision subordinated to the North prevented the consolidation of this effort”.
“The lack of tolerance and the impossibility of assuming that we are diverse and different, but that we can integrate in spite of this for the benefit of our peoples, truncated the union of the nations of the South”, he asserted.
The President added that there have always been interests within and outside the region that have prevented the consolidation of a true space for integration and coordination among the countries.
On the other hand, he said that they are at a crucial moment in history, with the context of world geopolitics in the last two years that has demanded a deep reflection on the role of cooperation, integration and multilateralism in their efforts to build a more just, democratic, equitable and secure world.
“We are facing a critical juncture that can propel our integrationist aspirations to higher levels for the benefit of each and every one of our peoples. It depends on us,” he said.
The head of state stressed that they have witnessed significant changes in the international scenario, with the tendency to configure a new world order based on the balance of powers and the principle of non-interference.
“The transition to a multipolar world may be delayed, but it will not stop. But the inflection in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, and within it in South America, has not been without great difficulties and setbacks. Old and new types of coups d’état were carried out in the name of democracy and this cannot be repeated,” he said.
Arce recalled various current global challenges such as the climate, health, food, energy, water, poverty and inequality crises, among others, which do not recognize borders and are not limited to a single country, as they require a collective and coordinated response.
“The core of these problems is the multidimensional crisis of the hegemonic system of the planet and of a world order that is intended to be maintained on the basis of imposition, domination and not dialogue,” he said.
He also reaffirmed the relevance of working to declare the world a zone of peace.
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Strike confirmed in Peruvian region of Puno
May 30 |
The president of the Unified Front of the Puno Basins, Peru Felix Suasaca, confirmed that this Tuesday there will be what they call a “dry strike” throughout the region, in protest against the repression unleashed by the government of President-designate Dina Boluarte.
According to Suasaca, the protest is being carried out because “there is still no justice for the people who died during the protests against the government” appointed by Dina Boluarte.
He also mentioned that the purpose of this strike is the resignation of the president appointed since last December, the dissolution of the Congress and the call for a constituent assembly.
According to the union leader, “a dry strike paralyzes and there is no movement in each of the jurisdictions where we are, in each district and province included. Those of us who have always protested are told that it is a crime, but, for us, it will never ever be a crime”, he explained.
He informed that the demonstrations in the main cities are going to be carried out according to how each one of the districts are doing, since he said that they are self-convened: “here there are no leaders, we are diligent and we are together with the people and fighting for them”, he said.
On the other hand, he detailed that from midday of this Tuesday the Puno region will be paralyzed, so there will be no vehicular movement, nor commerce, in the 13 provinces united in the strike.
“We here in the Puno region are the resistance, tomorrow we have this dry strike where the 13 provinces are consolidated, therefore, the region will have this dry strike to see that so far there is no justice for the brothers killed in the city of Juliaca,” said Suasaca.
For his part, the general secretary of the Defense Front of the Northern Cone of Arequipa (Fredicon) Felipe Domínguez Chávez, pointed out that next June 14 the protests against the government of Dina Boluarte will be resumed. Leaders and groups from the south, such as Puno, Tacna, Moquegua and Ayacucho, will participate in this Third Seizure of Lima.
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