21st Century Challenges from South America

 21st Century Challenges from South America

On Thursday, February 26, Tektónikos, on his second birthday, alongside CLACSO, Southern World y IELAC convocaron a referentes políticos y académicos de América Latina y el Caribe a un encuentro virtual para debatir el escenario internacional y los desafíos de nuestra región. Apoyaron legisladores del Parlasur, Hilando Fino, con presencia del Grupo de Puebla y del Foro de San Pablo, entre otros.

-Opening by Nestor Restivo, editor de Tektónikos.

-Welcome words: CLACSO y Carlos Raimundi por Mundo Sur.

In a context marked by the structural crisis in the United States and the imperial offensive led by Donald Trump, the meeting will address three central themes:

🔹 The crisis in the United States: Leandro MorgenfeldUniversity of Buenos Aires and CLACSO, and Mark Bray, escritor de Estados Unidos. Coordina Gustavo Ng.

🔹 Challenges to a contested Latin America and the Caribbean under Trump's imperialism: Monica Valente, São Paulo Forum and PT of Brazil, Rander Pena, Vice Minister for International Communication of Venezuela, Carlos TomadaMundo Sur, former Argentine ambassador to Mexico, and Dario Pignotti, periodista corresponsal en Brasil. Coordina oscar laborde.

🔹 What to do? The task of popular movements at this stage: oscar laborde, former president of Parlasur, and Carlos Raimundi, ex embajador argentino en la OEA. Coordina Telma Luzzani.

The global hegemonic transition is underway. Our America must decide whether it will be the object or the subject of that transformation.


Tektonic It is a group of Latin American journalists specializing in international relations, with more than 40 years of experience in Argentina and other countries.