[CMI-Chiapas] Americas Program | Landmark Chilean Social Reform

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“A New World of Ideas, Analysis and Policy Options”
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December 6, 2004
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New from the IRC's Americas Program:

Thousands of People Take Part in Landmark Chilean Social Forum
ANCHI (Chilean News Agency)

Chile is sending out a powerful signal: A broad-based anti-neoliberalsocial 
movement is active that vindicates the need for balanced economics, institutional 
democracy, and a just and united country.

On Nov. 19, 60,000 Chilean women and men marched through the streets of central 
Santiago to show their opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush’s presence 
in their country. Demonstrators protested the neoliberal policies promoted 
by organizations such as the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) 
that brought together political and business leaders from 21 countries in Santiago 
on the same days as the Chilean Social Forum. 

The massive demonstrations also expressed the commitment and vision of a social 
movement that aspires to peace, justice, and equality; and its dedication to 
creating an alternative model for development, democratic institutions, and 
integration and cooperation in Latin America and the world.

The Chilean Social Forum marked a highpoint of the post-dictatorship political 
and social transition. And it showed that this is a time when Chilean society 
is asking some very profound and searching questions about the neoliberalmodel.

The IRC Americas Program (http://www.americaspolicy.org) thanks ANCHI (Agencia 
de NoticiasChilenas)  and the Chilean Social Forum (http://www.forosocialchileno.cl) 
for providing us with the original Spanish version of this article.

See full article online at:
http://www.americaspolicy.org/articles/2004/0412chile.html

With printer-friendly PDF version at:
http://www.americaspolicy.org/pdf/articles/0412chile.pdf

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