In English Program

PROGRAME
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
08:00 - 09:00 hrs
Breakfast
09:00 - 10:00 hrs
Traditional Ceremony
10:00 – 10:30 hrs
Objectives and Goals Presentation of the Continental Encounter
Speaker: Carlos Beas (UCIZONI)
10:30 - 12:30 hrs
Table 1
Global and Continental Overview of the Gamble on Gas in the Context of Climate
and Energy Crises (15 minutes for each contribution)
Moderated by Juan Manuel Sandoval (Working Group “Borders, Regionalization and
Globalization” of CLACSO and Mexican Action Network Against Free Trade/RMALC)
• Representatives of the Alliance of Peoples in Action of New Mexico (United
States)
• Claudia Campero (Mexico)
• Luis Manuel Martínez (Central America)
• María Elena Foronda Farro (South America)
12:30 - 14:30 hrs
Table 2
Regional Overview, the Case of the Interoceanic Corridor (25 minutes for each
contribution)
Moderated by Verónica Munier (Beti Cariño Human Rights Center)
• Capitalism, energy, sacrifice zones and hope.
Carlos Tornel and Luca Ferrari
• Global scenarios of the energy transition and the importance of the
Interoceanic Corridor in the framework of political and commercial agreements.
Marcela Orozco, Alberto Arroyo, Víctor Rosales and Juan Manuel Sandoval
(RMALC and GT FRG CLACSO) (Collective work)
• Atlas of the gas pipeline network in Mexico and its connections to the North
and South.
Geocommons (speaker to be confirmed)
14:30 - 16:00 hrs
Break (Lunch)

16:00 – 19:00 hrs
People's Resistance Against Megaprojects Around the World
(presentation of organizations/collectives and their struggles)
Moderated by Sara López (CRIPX)
•Representative of Soulement de la Terre (France)
•Representative of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation (Canada)
•Other cases
19:00 - 20:00 hrs
Cultural activity
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
08:00- 9:00 hrs
Breakfast
09:00 - 11:00 hrs
The Struggles of the Peoples on the Legal Front Against Megaprojects
Moderated by Juan Carlos Flores (People's Front in Defense of Land and Water
Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala)
•The case of the Puerta al Sureste Gas Pipeline in Mexico
Victoria Beltrán (Greenpeace)
•The Peruvian case against transnationals
María Elena Foronda (Natura Environmental Institute)
•The Bolivian case against transnationals
Vivian Lagrava (Empodérate - Empower Yourself)
10:00 – 12:00 hrs (side event)
Workshop on the Impact of Climate Change on the Lives of Indigenous
Communities
by Víctor Rosales Sierra (Working Group “Borders, Regionalization and
Globalization” of CLACS11:00 – 13:00 hrs
Working Tables
(Work on the processes of collaboration among organizations at the continental level)
1. Women and Megaprojects
Moderated by Juanita Inés Ramírez Villegas (UCIZONI)
2. Community Communication, Steps Towards Its Coordination at the
Continental Level
Moderated by Omar Esparza (MAIZ)
3. Exchange of Experiences of Direct Action by Entire Communities
Moderated by Carlos Beas (UCIZONI)
4. Successful Legal Struggles Against Megaprojects
Moderated by Loni (Terravida)
13:00 - 14:30 hrs
Lunch
14:30 - 17:30 hrs
Working Tables
(Continuation)
1. Women and Megaprojects
Moderated by Juanita Inés Ramírez Villegas (UCIZONI)
2. Community Communication, Steps Towards Its Coordination at the
Continental Level
Moderated by Omar Esparza (MAIZ)
3. Exchange of Experiences of Direct Action by Entire Communities
Moderated by Carlos Beas (UCIZONI)
4. Successful Legal Struggles Against Megaprojects
Moderated by Loni (Terravida)
17:30 - 19:30 hrs
Screening of the documentary“YINTAH”by the Wet ́suwet ́en First Nation of Canada
( https.7/www.yintahfilm.com )SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
08:00 -09:00 hrs
Breakfast
10:00 - 14:00 hrs
PLENARY
-Reading of theThird Waydocument (La Tercera Vía)
-Reading of theJubilee South Initiative(Mesoamerica)
-Presentation of the reports of the working tables and reaching agreements
-Action Plan
-Encounter Declaration
14:00
Lunch and Closing
*Throughout the event there will be aFair of Experienceswhere the organizations will
share their experiences of resistance; and the exhibition-sale of crafts, herbal medicine,
books, magazines, posters, videos, organic coffee and artisanal mezcal.