Linking Alternatives 2

Enlazando Alternativas 2 / Linking Alternatives 2
Vienna, 10 - 13 May 2006

Organised by: Europe-Latin America birregional network

Civil society activists from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Vienna from 10-13 May to attend Linking Alternatives 2. "Linking alternatives 2" has being organised as a major social encounter in Vienna, Austria on the occasion of the Fourth Summit of the European Union and Latin American and Caribbean Heads of State and Government. It carries the theme: “Social alternatives in a new era of Europe-Latin America relations”.

At the core of the Encounter, a Session of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal was held. It resulted in the indictment of several European-based transnational corporations for "legal and moral injustices" committed in Latin America.

Key documents

Final Declaration EA2

Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Indictment

Call to Vienna + Signatories

Audios

Speaches President of Bolivia Evo Morales and President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez during Closing Act Enlazando Alternativas 2 (Vienna, 13th May, 2006)

Evo Morales speech [audio, Spanish]
Hugo Chavez speech [audio, Spanish]

Fotos

View all the photos taken by Clara Picher, official EA2 photographer, during Enlazando Alternativas 2

Selected articles in the media

Chavez: I'll provide oil for poor
CNN, 14 May 2006

Latin America-EU: Transnational Corporations Stand Condemned
InterPress Service, 12 May 2006

EU pushes free trade at Latin America summit
eupolitix.com, May 10, 2006