Linking Alternatives

Linking Alternatives Enlazando Alternativas
Vienna, Austria, 10-13 May 2006

Enlazando Alternativas/Linking Alternatives 2
Civil society activists from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Vienna from 10-13 May for Enlazando Alternativas 2, a Social Encounter on "Linking Alternatives in a new era of Europe-Latin America relations" held in parallel to a Heads of States and Governments Summit. A People’s Tribunal indicted several European-based transnational corporations for "legal and moral injustices" committed in Latin America.

Key documents

Permanent Peoples Tribunal Indictment Vienna, May 10-12, 2006 [English] [Pdf format]

Acusacion Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos Viena, Mayo 10-12, 2006 [Spanish] [Pdf format]

Erklärung der Jury des Permanentes Tribunal der Völker Wien, Mai 10-12, 2006 [German]

Introduction to the Permanent People's Tribunal [PDF document]

Call to Vienna [PDF] -
Convocatoria a Viena [PDF] -
Convocation pour Vienne [PDF] -
Aufruf Nach Wien [PDF] -
Appello per Vienna [PDF] -

Signatories

Susan George Declaration of the Jury Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Paris, 13 May 2006

Remaking the Washington Consensus in Vienna: The EU free trade agenda for Latin America. TNI Discussion paper, May 2006 [pdf, English]

Official Conclusions Summit of the Heads of State and Government from EU and Latin America and the Carribean

In the media

• Susan George Declaration of the Jury Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Paris, 13 May 2006
• Daniel Chavez Luces y sombras de la vieja Europa Brecha (Uruguay), 2 de junio de 2006
• Latin America-EU: Transnational Corporations Stand Condemned InterPress Service, 12 May 2006
• Boris Kagarlitsky Tropics in Austria Eurasian Home, 11 May 2006
• Interview with Susan George "Die EU ist viel aggressiver als die USA" Der Standard, 11 May 2006 [German]
• Civil Society to "Try" Multinationals InterPress Service, 10 May 2006
• Tribunal da sociedade civil na Áustria analisará relações entre multinacionais e governos www.radiobras.gov.br, 10 May 2006 [Portuguese]
• EU-Latin America Summit under Fire eupolitix.com, 8 May 2006
• Franck Gaudichaud Europa-América Latina: enlazar nuevas alternativas transatlánticas Rebelión, 28 April 2006 [Spanish]

Links

• Enlazando Alternativas website
• Peoples' Dialogue for Alternative Regionalisms

MEDIA ADVISORY: Alternative Summit Challenges EU-LAC Heads of States to "Stop Neo-liberalism by the Backdoor" 2 May 2006
NOTA DE PRENSA: Una cumbre alternativa insta a los Jefes de Estado UE-ALC a "acabar con el neoliberalismo encubierto" 2 de mayo de 2006
NOTA À IMPRENSA: Uma Cúpula alternativa insta aos Chefes de Estado UE-América Latina e Caribe a acabarem com o neoliberalismo implícito 2 de maio 2006
MEDIA TOELICHTING: Alternatieve bijeenkomst draagt staatshoofden EU en Latijns Amerika op "neoliberalisme via de achterdeur" te stoppen 2 mei 2006