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Uruguay: Activists Continue Conference Against Neoliberalism

  • Protesters march against neoliberalism in Montevideo, Uruguay.

    Protesters march against neoliberalism in Montevideo, Uruguay. | Photo: Twitter / @confed_bancaria

Published 17 November 2017
Opinion

Thousands of union workers and citizens are attending the conference in protest against “disastrous neoliberal politics in the world.”

Thosuands of activists are participating in Day 2 of the Continental Conference For Democracy And Against Neoliberalism hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Union workers and citizens are attending the conference in protest against “disastrous neoliberal politics in the world.”

On Thursday, activists from across Latin America marched in the capital city, waving flags and chanting against the policies of leaders like Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Brazilian President Michel Temer.

Gabriel Molina, general secretary of the Union of Workers-National Convention of Workers, PIT-CNT, described the conference as "one of the most important mobilizations in recent years.”

PIT-CNT President Marcelo Abdala announced at the march that in 2018, Latin American workers will mobilize together “without exclusion." Around 2,000 representatives from 23 countries are participating in the summit, according to the group.

Abdala said the meeting will serve to “confront the neoliberal policies that politicians are implementing, like the policies Uruguay lived in the 1990s.”

"We’re a part of America Latina and … we need to liberate the peoples of the continent and world," he added.

The union president said that the neoliberal structural crisis in Uruguay led by right-wing corporations not only negatively affected the economy, but the country’s culture, values and humanity. Abdala and others fear that Uruguay will soon begin to suffer the austerity measures currently in place in Brazil and Argentina. 

Abdala added that Uruguayan workers support Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and El Salvador, who are “attacked ... with a machine gun that is directing the destiny of the world’s main power.” 

He said the United States no longer has the power to act unilaterally, but has to negotiate with India, Russia and China, with whom Uruguayan workers will work with to create a better life for all. Abdala stressed Uruguay's unions will continue to fight collectively and, “live, love and struggle” for a just world, “like the revolutionaries.”

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