Latin America Conference 2010
Date: Saturday 4 December
Venue: Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1
10:00 – 11:00: FIRST PLENARY: Megan Dobney, Brendan Barber (TUC), Tony Benn, Seumas Milne, Christine Blower (NUT), Jean Lambert MEP, Chair: Bernard Regan
11.05 – 12:15: SEMINARS:
Climate Justice: the global climate change negotiations: Jean Lambert MEP, Karen Bell, Beatriz Souviron, Chair: Keith Sonnet
12.20 – 13.15: SECOND PLENARY: VOICES OF LATIN AMERICA: Esther Armenteros (Cuba), Samuel Moncada (Venezuela), Guisell Morales-Echaverry (Nicaragua), Fidel Narvaez (Ecuador), Chair: Jennie Bremner
13.15 – 14:40: LUNCH
13.20 – 14:40: FILM SCREENING in lunch break: ‘South of the Border’ Directod by Oliver Stone (Congress Hall)
14:40 – 15:50: SEMINARS
15:55 – 17.00: THIRD PLENARY: Ken Livingstone, Salma Yaqoob, Sally Hunt (UCU), George Galloway, Walter Sandino, Chair: Adrian Weir
SPEAKERS:
„« Carlos Alfaro, Embassy of Cuba
„« René Amador (Honduras)
„« Esther Armenteros, Ambassador, Republic of Cuba
„« Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary
„« Karen Bell, Bristol
„« Tony Benn
„« Christine Blower, NUT General Secretary
„« Jennie Bremner, UNITE AGS
„« Iain Bruce, Journalist and Academic
„« Colin Burgon Labour Friends of Venezuela
„« Marbely Cerna Castillo, Nicaragua
„« Jeremy Corbyn MP, Vice Chair, All Party Latin America Group
„« Steve Cottingham, lawyer OH Parsons, Campaign to Free the Miami 5
„« John Crabtree, Oxford University
„« Jeremy Dear , NUJ General Secretary
„« Megan Dobney, Regional Secretary South East Region TUC
„« Francisco Dominguez, Head of Brazilian & LA Studies, University of Middlesex
„« George Galloway
„« Richard Gott, author & historian
„« Steve Hart, UNITE Regional Secretary
„« Peter Hallward, Middlesex University
„« Diana Holland, Assistant General Secretary UNITE
„« Sally Hunt, UCU General Secretary
„« George Lambie, De Montfort University
„« Peter Lambert, Latin America Studies, University of Bath
„« Jean Lambert MEP, Green Party
„« Joel Linares, (Venezuela)
„« Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London
„« Grace Livingstone, writer
„« Dr. Steve Ludlam, Sheffield University
„« Professor Doreen Massey, Open University
„« Rob Miller, Director, Cuba Solidarity Campaign
„« Seumas Milne, Journalist and Author
„« Samuel Moncada, Ambassador, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
„« Guisell Morales-Echaverry, Embassy of Nicaragua
„« Dr. Thomas Muhr, Bristol University
„« Fidel Narvaez, (Ecuador)
„« Pablo Navarrete, writer and film maker
„« Bob Oram, Unison NEC
„« Hugh O’ Shaughnessy, journalist & author
„« Omar Puentes, Musician, Cuba
„« Bernard Regan, Secretary, Cuba Solidarity Campaign
„« Alvaro Sanchez, Venezuelan Embassy
„« Walter Castillo Sandino (Nicaragua)
„« Derek Simpson, UNITE Joint General Secretary
„« Keith Sonnet, Deputy General Secretary, UNISON
„« Beatriz Souviron, Ambassador, Bolivia
„« Enrico Tortolano, researcher
„« Hilary Wainwright Editor Red Pepper
„« Adrian Weir, Unite/SERTUC
„« Christian Wisskirchen, Haiti Support Group
„« Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary
„« Spencer Wood, OH Parsons
„« Cllr. Salma Yaqoob, Respect party