A new impulse for progressive politics: Defending democracy and shaping the work of the future
26 – 27 September 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Venue : La Huella de Seregni (Frente Amplio Headquaters)
Agr. Germán Barbato y, 11200 Montevideo
17h00 Registration
17h45 Progressive Leaders’ Summit: Towards a Society of Equals: Dialogue of International Progressives with Daniel Martínez
Keynote
Daniel Martínez, Presidential Canditate, Frente Amplio, Uruguay
Interventions
Mónica Silvana González, Member of the European Parliament, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), Spain
Alvaro Elizade, Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance, President, Socialist Party of Chile (PSCh), Chile
Johanna Paola Ortega Ghiringhelli, Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance, President, International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
Mathias Tégner, Member of Parliament, Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP), Sweden
Marie Chris Cabreros, President, Citizens’ Action Party (Akbayan), Philippines
Rafael Freire, Secretary General, Trade Union Confederation of Workers of the Americas (TUCA)
Heraldo Muñoz, President, Party for Democracy (PPD), Chile
Vivian Farías, Workers’ Party (PT), Brazil
Moderator : Agustín Canzani, Director of Líber Seregni Foundation, Uruguay
19h00 Adelante Uruguay!
Daniel Martínez and his team present the main proposals in economic policy
21h00 Leaders’ Dinner
Speech: Javier Miranda, President of Frente Amplio
Friday, 27 September 2019
Venue : La Huella de Seregni (Frente Amplio Headquaters)
Agr. Germán Barbato y, 11200 Montevideo
10h00 Seminar of the Progressive Alliance of the Americas: A new impulse for progressive politics: Defending democracy and shaping the work of the future
Welcome and Opening
Mónica Xavier, Coordinator, Progressive Alliance of the Americas, Socialist Party of Uruguay (PSU), Uruguay
Konstantin Woinoff, Coordinator, Progressive Alliance
10h15 Defending Democracy
Introduction into the topic
Gonzalo Civila, Secretary General, Socialist (PS), Uruguay
Dr. Nabel Shaat, Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance, Fatah, Palestine (tbc)
10h35 Discussion and interventions
Marcio Costa Macedo, Workers’ Party (PT), Brazil (tbc)
Marie Chris Cabreros, President, Citizens’ Action Party (Akbayan), Philippines
Giacomo Filibeck, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists (PES)
Mia Thiel, Vice President, International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) (tbc)
Fernando Lugo Mendez, Frente Guazú, Paraguay
Victor Hugo Tinoco Fonseca, Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS), Nicaragua
Moderator : Roberto Chiazzaro, International Secretary, Socialist Party, Uruguay
12h15 Lunch
13h30 Shaping the Work of the Future
Introduction into the topic
Fernando Isabella, Socialist Party of Uruguay (PSU), Uruguay
Uta Dirksen, Director of FES Regional Trade Union Project
14h00 Discussion and interventions
Antonio Bonfatti, Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance, President, Socialist Party (PS), Argentina
José Clemente Casteñeda Hoeflich, Citizen’s Movement (MC), Mexico
Rafael Freire, Secretary General, Trade Union Confederation of Workers of the America (CSA)
Lucía Zapata, Secretary General, Socialist Youth, Uruguay
Moderator: Conny Reuter, Secretary General, SOLIDAR
15h30 Coffee Break
16h00 The way ahead
Viviana Piñeiro, Socialist Party of Uruguay (PSU), Uruguay
Konstantin Woinoff, Coordinator, Progressive Alliance
Jesús Feris, National Secretary, Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Dominican Republic
16h30 End of the conference
17h00 Optional : March for Diversity
Walking to Plaza Independencia
Fair and activities at the Square, the march departs at 19h00
