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LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN NEWS
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October 2008
Interview with the Chilean Veg Leader 
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: www.homovegetus.cl
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August 2008
12th International Vegan Festival - 2009
Date: Jul 22-25, 2009
Place: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Further information from Marly
Winckler --
(English, Español,
Português)
[since this article appeared a link to the IVF website has been added at www.ivu.org/veganfest ]
March 2008
Save the Planet Petition from Argentina Vegetarian Union 
The Argentina Vegetarian Union - www.uva.org.ar - has started a petition to the UN, entitled Save The Planet - Change Your Diet. Here is the explanation.
According to UN report, Livestock’s Long Shadow - www.virtualcentre.org/. . ./A0701E00.pdf - the meat industry is the one of the main producers of greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation states that ranching is “the major driver of deforestation worldwide”, and overgrazing is turning a fifth of all pastures and ranges into desert. Pesticides used to grow cattle feed and antibiotics and hormones used to treat cattle get into drinking water and the food supply and endanger human health.
The Argentinean Vegetarian Union (UVA) asks the United Nations and, through this organisation, every government in the world to sensitize the world population about the importance of basing our diet on plant foods and to promote a dietary change as the main measure to diminish greenhouse gas emissions.
The UVA calls on every sensitive person interested in preserving life to sign this petition. The collected signatures will be sent to the United Nations.
Join this initiative! Save the future of our planet for future generations: www.petitiononline.com/uva1927
February 2008
Interview with IVU Regional Coordinator for Latin America
 This interview, with Marly Winckler - www.ivu.org/members/council/marly-winckler.html - 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, visit www.ivu.org/members/council/contacts.html.
read the full interview...
January 2008
Report from Argentina Vegetarian Union Congress 
Below are excerpts from a report from our friends in Argentina.
On 10 Nov, UVA (Argentina Vegetarian Union) held the 4th Vegetarian Congress at the Interamerican Open University in Buenos Aires. This year, the slogan of the Congress was "Save the Planet, Change your Diet", and we highlighted the urgent need for taking the necessary measures to stop the climatic changes, vegetarianism being the most powerful tool in the hands of humanity for achieving that goal.
We invited several speakers, including Mrs Kaplan, representing Supreme Master Ching Hai; Mrs Assaf, who showed us the importance of a healthy diet and fasting with fruits and vegetables; Prof. Urdiales, who, next January, will lead a 10-day seminar on permaculture; Mrs Ricetti, an urban farmer, who showed us how cattle ranching affects the global climate; Lic. Grinberg, who discussed "responsible consumption"; Mr Bianco, a well known naturo-therapist, who shared with the audience about keeping in good health; and Dr Capobianco, who spoke with great sensibility on animal rights and abolitionist concepts.
We also remembered Dr Delio Esteve, who passed away last June 14.
During the Congress, various stands offered information, food, handcrafts, books, pins, T-shirts and magazines. The Congress participants were most enthusiastic and expressed their satisfaction at the end of the day.
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