Panama to Host
Parlatino Assembly
Panama - The Latin
American Parliament (Parlatino)
will hold its 24th
Ordinary Assembly in
this capital on December
5-6, to be attended by
delegates from 22
countries, according to
sources from that
legislative body.
Parlatino spokespersons
said debates will take
place at the building of
the National Assembly of
Panama, which offered
its facilities to hold
the meeting.
Parlatino's president,
Senator Jorge Pizarro,
of Chile, will give the
keynote speech at the
opening session, at
which Panamanian
Parliament President
Raul Rodriguez will take
the floor as well.
The 150 delegates
attending the session
will debate issues
related to the
repercussion of the
economic and financial
crisis in the United
States and other Latin
American regions, and
will analyze poverty and
hunger in the region.
They will also debate
the situation of Latin
American migrants, the
European Union's Return
Directive, the strategy
to counter that measure,
and money remittances.
Delegations from the
Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe
and the Andean and
Central American
parliaments will
participate in the
meeting as guests, as
well as observers from
the People's National
Assembly of the People's
Republic of China and
representatives of
international
organizations.
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