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<p>Guatemala, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Five days before the beginning in
Guatemala of the Third Americas Social Forum, the organizing committee
speeds up Thursday arrangements to welcome thousands of delegates in
one of the events of greatest significance for the region.</p>
<p> The meeting, to be held for a first time in a Central
American country, will bring together representatives from over 800
organizations, 100 leaders from the Central American peasant group Via
Campesina, as well as entities from Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru,
Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico, among others.</p>
<p> The gathering will analyze important issues, among them,
indigenous people, defense of land, territories, the consequences of
neoliberal policies, and the US Free Trade Treaty, etc.</p>
<p> The forum will be held October 7-12 at the historic
University of San Carlos, and include a march from the higher education
center to the city's Central Park.</p>
<p> Sandra Moran, from the Hemispheric Committee, stated that
the forum includes 358 events, among them seminars, workshops, talks
and debates, as well as 50 artistic activities, multicultural nights,
theatre works and screening of films.</p>
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