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Latin America and the Caribbean
Santo Domingo
17-18 April 2008

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Latin America and the Caribbean

José Francisco Peña Gómez – TEN YEARS ON
Democratic Socialism in Latin America and the Caribbean

17-18 April 2008

PROGRAMME

Thursday 17 April

Video presentation
           

Singing of the Socialist International hymn, the national anthem and the hymn of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, PRD

 
 
Opening speeches:

Ramón Alburquerque, President of the PRD, Vice-President of the Socialist International

Peggy Cabral de Peña Gómez, Vice-President and Secretary for International Affairs of the PRD

Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Vice-President of the PRD, Candidate to the Presidency of the Republic

Luis Ayala, Secretary General of the Socialist International

 
 
 

First Panel: “The legacy of Peña Gómez

Moderator: Miguel Vargas Maldonado

Panelists:

Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Vice-President of the PRD
Tony Raful, Vice-President of the  PRD

Ivelissa Prats de Pérez, Vice-President and Director of Education and Doctrine of the PRD

Milton Ray Guevara, Vice-President of the PRD
                                   
Questions and Answers
 
 

Second Panel: ¨The influence of Peña Gómez on the development of social democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean and internationally¨

Moderator: Ramón Alburquerque
           
Panelists:

Samuel Santos, FSLN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua

Antonio Gallicchio,  New Space, Uruguay

Timoteo Zambrano, Un Nuevo Tiempo, Venezuela

Victor Benoit Union of Haitian Social Democrats

 
Questions and Answers
 
 
Third Panel: “Democratic socialist priorities for governments in the region today

Moderator: Peggy Cabral de Peña Gómez

 
Panelists:

Miguel Angel Ibarra, National Union for Hope, UNE, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of  Guatemala

Oscar Alfaro Zamora, Member of the Executive, National Liberation Party, PLN, Costa Rica

Hermes Toledo, Member of Parliament, Socialist Party of Uruguay

           
Questions and Answers
 

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Fourth Panel: “The role of social democracy as an alternative force in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

Moderator: Tony Raful
 
Panelists:

Felipe Mujica, MAS, Venezuela

Jorge Bustamante, Director of Instituto of Liberal Thought, Liberal Party of Colombia

Mayra Coffie, MAN, Curaçao

Leopoldo López, Un Nuevo Tiempo, Venezuela
 
Questions and Answers
 
 

Fifth Panel: “ Democratic socialism as a global force: Proposals for a changing world

Moderator: Luis Ayala
 
Panelists:

Orlando Jorge Mera, Secretary General of the PRD, Dominican Republic

Eduardo Ruas Manuel, Director of the International Departament, MPLA, Angola

Manuel Rosales, Un Nuevo Tiempo, Venezuela

Heriberto Galindo, Member of the National Executive Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Mexico

 
Questions and Answers
 
 

Final words by Luis Ayala

 

Press Conference




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