The Counter Summit starts this Wednesday with sessions at the University of that same city in southern Ecuador, where participants will raise demands from the social bases for a change in the policies that affect the popular sectors and nature.

“Presidents and Heads of Government from all Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Andorra will meet to allegedly talk about Innovation, Inclusion and Sustainability (…) But, they want to talk about all this without the people”, the organizers point out in a communiqué.

The alternative event is proposed as a space for the articulation and strengthening of the struggle for rights and territories, where diverse voices will build and present the so-called “Mandate of the Peoples in Resistance”.

This document, which will be prepared today, will express the demands of the different sectors of Ecuadorian and Ibero-American society that consider that the official Summit excludes the voices of the peoples and prioritizes governmental and business interests.

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