Heads of State, ministers, foreign ministers, entrepreneurs, academicians, other high-ranking officials, and civil society representatives from several countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region and the African continent are attending the event at the Agora Convention Center.
Thursday’s theme is being developed in four panels: Historical Reparations: Perspectives from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean; Political Dialogue to Reflect on Memory and Historical Reparations from the Experiences of Afro-descendant and Indigenous Peoples; Spiritualities in Dialogue: Memory and Recognition; and From Memory to Commitment: Joint Actions for Reparations.
The country’s Vice President Francia Marquez highlighted on Wednesday the existing opportunities for collaboration in areas such as energy transition, climate change, financial mechanisms, food sovereignty, and strengthening health systems.
Marquez referred, in a speech delivered during the opening ceremony of the Forum, to the need to strengthen ties between both regions by reinforcing academic, economic, and social bonds.
In spite of acknowledging that both regions possess great natural, cultural, and human wealth, the vice president emphasized the need to overcome structural challenges, including inequality, climate change, and access to development financing.
The event, which concludes on March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, prioritizes a foreign policy agenda aimed at consolidating bi-regional reconnection at a time of profound transformations in the global order.
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