The SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, SICLAC, convened in the Dominican Republic. The meeting was held from 23-24 March and was hosted by the Dominican Revolutionary Party, PRD. Keynote speakers at the opening of the meeting included: SI Secretary General Luis Ayala; Raúl Alfonsín, former President of Argentina and President of the international relations institute of the Radical Civic Union, UCR; Tomás Borge, Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN; former President of Bolivia and Chair of Revolutionary Left Movement, New Majority MIR, Jaime Paz Zamora; Victor Benoît, general secretary of KONAKOM, Haiti; Rubén Berríos, president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, PIP; and Chair of the Committee, José Francisco Peña Gómez, PRD leader and SI Vice-President.
Close to a hundred delegates took part in the meeting which focused on two themes: 'Latin America and the Caribbean and Globalisation: elaborating proposals for creating opportunities and strengthening solidarity' and 'Defining priorities for governments with social responsibility: policies for education, health and social services'. The themes were introduced by Raúl Alfonsín, Rolando Araya Monge, leader of the National Liberation Party, PLN, of Costa Rica, and Errol Greene, Jamaican People's National Party, PNP.
The Committee also received reports on national situations from delegates and issued a number of statements on national issues.
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Other meetings of the Committee
Virtual meeting of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, 12 December 2020
Meeting of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, 3-4 November 2017
Working meeting of members of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, 30 January 2017
Meeting of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean in Colombia, 28-29 August 2015
Global politics and economy – the view from Latin America and the Caribbean, 26-27 July 2013
Committee convenes in Porto Alegre, 24-25 October 2011
SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean meets in Buenos Aires, 9-10 April 2010
Socialist International met in Paraguay ahead of presidential elections, 12-13 December 2007
SI Observer Mission at the elections in Mexico, 29 June-6 July 2006
Meeting in Lima of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, 6-7 May 2005
Haiti the focus of SI Latin America and Caribbean Committee discussions, 21-22 January 2005
SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean met in Colombia, 7-8 May 2004
Meeting of SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico City, 17-18 October 2003
Meeting of the Council of the SI for Latin America and the Caribbean, Buenos Aires, 11-12 June 2001
The SI and the M-19 Peace Treaty in Colombia, 9 March 1990
SICLAC meets in Kingston, 30-31 May 1989
