Gonzalo Berrón

Gonzalo Berrón

Sociologist and Political Advisor for the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas

Gonzalo Berrón, TNI Associate Fellow, has played a leading role in coordinating Latin American movements resisting corporate "Free Trade Agreements." He has been an integral part of ongoing discussions with civil society and progressive governments on building alternative just regional trade and financial architecture in Latin America. 

Berron worked as Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Hemispheric Social Alliance, and was until recently with the International Office of Central Única dos Trabalhadores - CUT (Unique Workers' Center), Brazil. Though Argentinian, he has been based in Brazil for many years.

Areas of expertise:

Free Trade Agreements; Latin American Left; Social Movements in Latin America; Alternative Regionalisms; Government and Civil Society relations; Brazil

Contact

Email: gonzalo.berron[at]csa-csi.org

English, Spanish, Portuguese

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Recent content by Gonzalo Berrón

Rethinking regionalisms in times of crises

October 2013
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The demand for people-centred regional alternatives has been at the core of people’s struggles in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. This reader pulls together perspectives of social movement activists, describing the restrictive regional spaces within which they work and propose regional alternatives.

The road to Rio+20: The Green Economy Debate

June 2011
June 2012 will see a 20 year review of the famous 1992 Rio Earth Summit. The buzzword for the Rio+20 conference is "green economy" but what does this mean in practice?