This article was published in the January 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. “Africa is not for sale.” “No to a hasty EPA.” “Without regional integration, no possible agreement to partnership with Europe.” On the 16th July in Yaoundé nearly 2000 Africans raised their voices during a meeting on the economic partnership agreement (EPA). This agreement aims at developing free trade between the European Union and the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean (...) Next ...

This article was published in the March 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Slow the descent into debt, stop the privatisation of public assets, establish an autonomous South-South entity, create a common currency and dedicated development funds, reduce poverty and the dependence of nations of the South on those of the North. These are the ambitions of the Bank of the South, whose statutes were signed in December 2007 by Brazil, (...) Next ...

This article was published in the April 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. To exchange, develop, discuss, demonstrate ; in favor of food self-sufficiency, peace, democracy; against poverty and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) which aim to establish free trade between African countries and the European Union. The World social Forum, decentralized this year, took place worldwide from the 25 th to 27 th of January 2008. The following (...) Next ...

This article was published in the September 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. "This feria will be a first for the valley. Producers, craftsmen, associations, public authorities and private institutions have helped to organise it". This was how Carlos Chuquival summed up the magnificent co-operation that was the hallmark of the first Feria for tourism and economic development. It took place on 23 and 24 August in Chilca, in the southern (...) Next ...

This article was published in the May 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists . They are more than 500 representatives from 100 countries and social movements gathered in the village of Selingué in Mali. It is February, 2007 and the Forum for Food Sovereignty is being held, baptized Nyéléni 2007 in reference to the Nyéléni story, a Malian peasant woman that has become well known for its agricultural talents developed in a hostile masculine (...) Next ...