International Raw Vegan Congress - 4-7 January, 2010, La Paz, Bolivia (website in Spanish). The Congress will be held in a rainforest location approximately two hours drive from La Paz.

In our October issue, we reported on the launch of a Meatless Monday campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a metropolis of approximately 20 million people. Marly Winckler, head of the Vegetarian Society of Brazil and IVU Regional Coordinator for Latin America, kindly provided some additional information about the campaign.

Manuel Alfredo Martí is founder and leader of the Vegetarian Union of Argentina (UVA). Manuel kindly agreed to be interviewed for ‘IVU Online News’ as part of our series of interviews with leaders of vegetarian organizations.

Latin America - October and November are great months to be vegetarian because of all the many activities that activists organise for this special time.

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

For those who weren’t able to attend the 12th World Vegan Festival held this past July in Brazil, here’s a report from one of the participants. . .

The August, 2008 issue of ‘IVU Online News’ carried an interview with the president of the Chilean Vegetarian/Vegan Society and creator of Homo Vegetus - Alejandro Steve Ayala Polanco:  - Alejandro has launched a new project: a Spanish-language blog for the vegan children . . .

 Continuing our series of email interviews with leaders of IVU member societies, here is an interview with Alejandro Steve Ayala Polanco, president of the Chilean Vegetarian Vegan Society:

This interview, with Marly Winckler - is the fourth in a series of interviews with IVU representatives in various parts of the world. To find the contact information for the representative in your part of the world.