Brazil Launches a G20 Social Summit to Highlight Needs of Low-income People (Connecting the Dots: Brazil, Albright Stonebridge Group, Group of 20 (G20), Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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Thursday, 14 November 2024 07:00 PM EST
RIO
DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil
launched what it called a social summit Thursday ahead of next week's Group of
20 meeting of top economies, the first such event focused on drawing civil
society input ahead of the main annual summit.
Foreign
Minister Mauro Vieira said 40,000 people from G20 countries were
expected to attend meetings and panels through Saturday in revamped warehouses
of downtown Rio de Janeiro's port area and nearby Museum of Tomorrow. The main
summit takes place in Rio on Monday and Tuesday.
Vieira
told the opening ceremony, also attended by other government ministers and
First Lady Rosângela da Silva, that the gathering is part of Brazil’s G20
agenda to promote sustainable development and green energy, fight poverty and
reduce inequality.
“There
couldn’t be a discussion or effective measures on this issue without welcoming
society’s contributions,” Vieira said.
Proposals
developed at the social summit will be summarized in a final document to be
presented at the leaders’ summit.
First
lady da Silva, known as Janja, said that kicking off the G20 with a
social-focused event sets Brazil’s presidency apart from prior summits.
“I
think we can make it so that, starting from this one, voices are heard and
their recommendations are effectively accepted,” Janja said.
Separately,
representatives from Brazil’s low-income communities have also been gathering
in Rio as part of an initiative called F20, and last week presented a joint
statement outlining their priorities. These include combating inequality,
promoting climate justice, improving access to sanitation and advancing digital
and financial inclusion.
These
neighborhoods, popularly known as favelas, are home to 16.4 million Brazilians,
or 8% of the country’s population, according to the government.
And
the challenges of favelas are evident in places like the mountainside Rio
neighborhood of Rocinha, which recently reclaimed the title of most populous
favela from another one outside the capital Brasilia. Residents in Rocinha cope
with open sewage and a lack of economic opportunities.
Antonio
Florencio, 58, a 40-year resident of Rocinha, expressed frustration over
long-stalled infrastructure projects that fail to meet his community’s needs.
The forthcoming G20 meeting seemed even farther away from his reality than the
20 kilometers (12 miles) between Rocinha and Rio’s Museum of Modern Art where
the summit will be held.
“To
be honest, the G20 itself is just going to discuss an agenda that’s supposed to
be better for the whole country, for the world. But whether it will improve
anything in this community, I don’t think it will,” he told The Associated
Press.
In
addition to the social G20, the Brazilian government organized a free music
festival in the city’s port area from Thursday to Saturday. Popular artists
such as Seu Jorge, Daniela Mercury and Zeca Pagodinho are performing.
Connecting
the Dots:
Anthony S.
Harrington is the head of the Brazil & Latin
America practice for the Albright Stonebridge Group and
was a U.S. ambassador for Brazil.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group
and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Warren B. Rudman was
a managing board member for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Lawrence H.
Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama
administration and is a co-founder for the Group of 20 (G20).
Timothy F.
Geithner was a co-founder for the Group
of 20 (G20), is an overseer, director for the International Rescue Committee and married
to Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the International Rescue Committee and the Common Cause.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Carole
Sonnenfeld Geithner was a research associate for the Common
Cause and is married to Timothy F. Geithner.
Resources:
Past Research
DELINGPOLE:
Germans Unhappy As ‘Climate Change’ Is Dropped From G-20 Communique (Past Research on the Group of 20 (G20))
Sunday,
March 19, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/03/delingpole-germans-unhappy-as-climate.html
Zika
HOAX exposed by South American doctors: Brain deformations caused by larvicide
chemical linked to Monsanto; GM mosquitoes a 'total failure' (Past Research on Brazil)
Tuesday,
February 16, 2016
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