SUMMIT OF THE PEOPLES

Participants at the People’s Summit in Panama issued a joint statement on Saturday rejecting U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, and declaring the region a “Zone of Peace.”»

The Peoples´ Summit, a meeting running parallel to the Rio-plus-20 UN Sustainable Development Conference kicked off Friday in Rio de Janeiro as a scenario where social movements will denounce that the real causes for environmental, social and economic deterioration have not yet been addressed.»