Urgent vacancy LASC Information Officer
LASC based
Community Employment Post
Applicants must be eligible for Community Employment
and you can apply directly to CCVG
City Centre Voluntary Groups has a job vacancy in the following position based in LASC (The Latin America Solidarity Centre) 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2
The Local and the Global: The Geopolitics of Peace and Conflict in Colombia, Kurdistan, Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland
24-25 May, 2012, Trinity College, Dublin
Aim of conference:
Minister of State Joe Costello and Paul Murphy MEP will address a major international conference on promoting negotiated settlements to armed conflicts throughout the world as opposed to military solutions. The conference will also be addressed by a facilitator of the Colombian peace process, a member of the Kurdistan National Congress and a Sri Lankan journalist. The devastating effect of the military approach to conflict resolution has been shown dramatically by the unimaginable human consequences of the Sri Lankan military offensive against the Tamil population that ended the civil war in Sri Lanka in early 2009. However, this decade also saw a relatively successful peace process continuing in Northern Ireland, which though far from perfect, proved the potential for dialogue and negotiated settlement in the most adverse circumstances.
The Geopolitics of Peace&Conflict Colombia, Kurdistan, Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka
An International Conference
The Public Meeting (All are Welcome)
Venue: Burke Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Thursday, 24th May 2012
Time: 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm
Key experts and activists from the conflict zones will address the meeting
COLOMBIA AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF IMPERIALISM
RENAN VEGA CANTOR*
In this document I will attempt to highlight the main elements to understand the geopolitical importance of Colombia in the international war over resources, this being the starting point to analyze the current aggressions from the world powers, led by the USA, against different territories. First, we will deal with the main features of the world struggle for resources and its impact over Latin America; secondly, we will highlight the counterinsurgent strategy of the US in Colombia and Latin America; third, we will deal with some characteristics of the Colombian capitalist economic model.
Letter to Mexican Embassy - 2nd Anniversary of the murder of Bety Carino
Dear Friends,
We are writing to you asking you to support our new appeal for justice for Beatriz Alberta "Bety" Cariño Trujillo and Jyri Jaakkola (see the letter).
The 27th of April last was second the anniversary of the murders of Bety and Jyri. Two years on, those responsible have not been brought to justice and inhabitants of San Juan Copala are still forcibly displaced.
Casa Cuba Dublin Event
Venue: Bía Bar 28-30 Lr. Stephen's Street D-2
Date: Thursday 10th May
Time: 7:30-9:00p.m.
All things Cuban (Food, Cocktails, Music)
3 course dinner € 20
Cuban Band "SABOR CUBANO" Playing live from 9:00 p.m.
No door charge
For those who want to go for dinner, booking is advised 01-4751988.
Seeking Native Spanish Speaker for conversational class
Front Line Defenders are currently looking for a native Spanish speaker in order to lead Spanish conversational classes in our offices in Dublin, once a week or fortnight. It will be a a small group of less than 10 individuals, who are of an intermediate/advanced level and are
About XIII Irish-Latin America Film Festival- Samba Agus Craic in "La Dolce Vita"
From ayearoffestivalinireland.com
On Tuesday night I scarpered up to Dublin for the southern leg of the Irish Latin American Film Festival that had shifted down from three nights in Belfast earlier in the week. The idea behind this festival is to make Latin American short films and documentaries available to the Irish public (just to make us feel a little bit paler and less interesting like!). If these screenings have an Irish angle or even a cupla focail in the voice over, all the better!
The venue was La Dolce Vita, an Italian restaurant in the quieter end of Templebar. The crowd were from all over the world, it was like the UN of hipsters! The main event was a screening of a documentary about an Irish band (Canta Brasil) who play samba music. Rapha Cruz, the Brazillian director was on hand to tell us a little bit about the film and even introduce us to some of the group who were in the audience. The film is called "Samba agus Craic". Perfect!
LYCS Local-Global Trainers' Project Adding a whole new world to your work in the community
This is an exciting new training project run by LYCS, a Dublin community organisation with 25 years experience of linking local and global issues as a way of enhancing community development. It involves four training days and facilitation work in your workplace, and runs from 21 May to 11 September. It is open to those with positions in community sector organisations, paid or voluntary.
