[mgj-discuss] FRIDAY, 7 April: Meet leaders of Latin American social movements!

[Hope Chu]

Join us for a conversation on the peoples? movements of 
Latin America, the US and the social forum process with

Pedro Vargas of Venezuela & German Bedoya of Colombia. 
Both are part of the Continental Coordination of COMPA 
-Convergence of Movements of Peoples of the Americas (bios 
below)

Date:    Friday, April 7, 2007
Time:   2pm
Place: 
Jobs with Justice - 1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
(202-393-1044)

  

Pedro Vargas 
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Secretario de formación      Federación de Sindicatos 
Independientes Edo Bolívar   1983  al 1985    .

Subdirector  Escuela Sindical ?Simón Rodríguez?  Edo. 
Bolívar1983 al 1987

Secretario    Escuela Sindical ?Camilo Torres?  Caracas 
Venezuela. 1988 1990                         

Secretario de organización   Central General de 
Trabajadores  (CGT) Edo. Bolívar 1989.

Secretario  Seguridad Social   Confederación General de 
Trabajadores  (CGT) Caracas Venezuela1989 al 1991

Secretario General   Central General de Trabajadores 
 (CGT)

Edo. Anzoátegui. 1991 - 2000

Secretario de Formación  Confederación General de 
Trabajadores

(CGT)Caracas Venezuela 1991 al 1992

Secretario de Organización  Confederación General de 
Trabajadores (CGT). 1992- 1995

Presidente. Confederación General de Trabajadores 
(CGT)Caracas Venezuela 1995 al 2002.

Subdirector. Centro de Formación Sociolaboral Simón 
Rodríguez? 1996

Delegado.  Consejo Laboral Andino. Subregión Andina 1997 
al 2004

Vicepresidente. Consejo Laboral Andino. Subregión Andina 
1999 al 2000

Coordinador del Capitulo Venezuela. Consejo Laboral Andino 
2002 - 2003

Coordinador Coalición de Tendencias Clasistas CTC Caracas 
Venezuela 2003

Coordinación Continental  Convergencia de Movimientos de 
los Pueblos   de las Américas (COMPA). 2005 al 2008  

  

Germán Bedoya, C.N.A.

Born on October 5, 1968 in Libano Tolima Colombia. Coffee 
Farmer, got involved in the Association of Small Farmers 
of Tolima ASOPEMA. He was president of that organization 
from 1997-2001. He is a national organizer for the 
National Coordination of Agriculture CAN. It?s a national 
organization that involves 13 farm worker organizations in 
Colombia. He?s lead mobilizations, road stoppages, taking 
over of institutions in search of solutions to the 
problems of the farm workers in Colombia. He is the spokes 
person for the farm workers in the processes of peace 
talks for his country. Member of the Continental 
Coordination of COMPA (Convergence of Movements of Peoples 
of the Americas) for the Andean Region.

  

  

For more information contact:

Fred Azcarate, Jobs with Justice

202-393-1044 x230

fred at jwj.org

  

Walda Katz-Fishman, Project South

301.367.1079

wkatzfishman at igc.org