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*ARGENTINA:
Building a Solidarity Economy

Viviana Alonso

BUENOS AIRES,(IPS) - A solidarity economy is being built by thousands of

workers in Argentina, in rural cooperatives, worker-run factories and small

businesses linked by networks.

Now trade unions, universities and social, political and student

organisations are calling on the various initiatives in the solidarity or

social economy to come together to debate projects that would build on past

experiences, as an alternative to the prevailing economic model that they say

marginalises large sectors of the population.

In Argentina, there are many examples of organisations involved in economic

activities whose chief aim is not maximising profits, and which have

horizontal structures and are run in a democratic, participatory manner.

In fact, such examples ”have existed in the country for over 100 years,”

states a report by the Central de Trabajadores Argentinos (CTA) central trade

union.

Added to the ”traditional cooperatives, mutual societies and other forms of

association are microenterprises that operate on the basis of solidarity,

joint purchases and many other alternatives that form part of the popular

economy,” the report adds.

After Argentina's late 2001 financial, economic and political collapse that

triggered the worst depression in Argentine history, poverty and unemployment

soared and solidarity economy initiatives mushroomed.

These have included regional cooperatives of small farmers, bankrupt

factories that were abandoned or closed by their owners and reopened by their

employees, self-managed companies, communities that have come together to

find solutions to meet basic needs like health care, housing or food, and

barter networks whose members trade goods and services.

”The social economy changes the rules of the game, which only seek to

maximise the benefits for a few based on the accumulation of capital, while

it attempts to improve the living conditions of workers and their families

based on getting needs met through cooperation, solidarity and

self-management,” said Soraya Giraldez with the CTA's Studies and Training

Institute (IEF).

”These experiences mark the possibility of advancing towards new forms of

distribution of wealth,” she told IPS.

Social economy initiatives find innovative ways of meeting people's needs,

give participants experience in organising, and in some cases question key

aspects of the current economic model, by putting the means of production in

the hands of workers, for example.

The CTA and other institutions are attempting to create mechanisms and tools

for providing technical assistance, training and support for solidarity

economy projects, while providing advice for setting up trade and cooperative

networks.

Working alongside the CTA in this effort are the universities of Buenos

Aires, La Plata and General Sarmiento, the Instituto Movilizador de Fondos

Cooperativos, the Federación Agraria Argentina, the Centro Nueva Tierra, the

local committee of the World Social Forum and a large number of

non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

These organisations are also helping the left-leaning government of Néstor

Kirchner to draw up work-fare schemes for the unemployed.

In addition, they are backing workers in recuperated factories in their

struggle to obtain support from the public and private sectors.

But the overall aim of these organisations is to create links between the

myriad initiatives, to help them avoid isolation and to bring them together

in a unified political and social project.

So far, more than 20 productive and service endeavours in Greater Buenos

Aires have provided information on their experiences, in order to set up a

databank to create links and facilitate communication.

For the CTA, it is essential to forge a space in the IEF for offering

training and technical advice to the various projects, and to help facilitate

networking and exchange among themselves.

One key challenge is to identify obstacles to the social economy, which

usually involve legal aspects or vacuums, since these projects create new

forms of association. Other problems arise from tax and credit issues.

Matters on which the CTA and other organisations want to focus their efforts

are access to soft credit, the recovery of companies that have gone under and

public spaces that have fallen into disuse, and the creation of sales

networks without middlemen.

The CTA also believes the state's commitment must go beyond welfare, and

should be based on spending aimed at bolstering certain industries and

reactivating regional economies.

”The social economy is not an economy of poverty,” but an initiative that

requires participation by the state, ”which must adopt measures that tend to

reduce the accumulation of capital in the dominant sectors of society,”

argued Giraldez.

She pointed out that ”until José Martínez de Hoz arrived in the Economy

Ministry (with the 1976 coup d'etat that ushered in seven years of military

dictatorship), there were more than 200 solidarity banks in Argentina, and

there are practically none left today.”

According to the CTA, ”the effects of the model of exclusion” that has been

applied in Argentina are not only reflected in appalling socioeconomic

indicators, but there has also been a disturbing disintegration of the social

fabric.

Sixty percent of wage-earners cannot afford the minimum basket of goods and

services for a family of four, and 250,000 have fallen into extreme poverty,

which means they cannot even meet their families' food needs.

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census, 44 percent of

Argentina's 37 million people are poor, while 17 percent live in extreme

poverty.

The richest 20 percent of the population receives 53.1 percent of all income,

the middle 40 percent takes 34.7 percent, while the remaining 40 percent only

takes in 12.2 percent.

According to Giraldez, ”a political actor must emerge that is capable of

generating proposals and has the power to press for and achieve its

objectives. In other words, a collective that can bring about

transformations.”

Social economy projects are emerging in many countries of Latin America,

especially Venezuela and Brazil -- both of which are governed by leftist

administrations -- and Argentina should create links with these initiatives,

she added.

With respect to access to small loans from abroad, Giraldez said that ”if

funds arrive, they will be useful to the extent that the conditions are

created for the projects to become self-sustaining.”

She also pointed out that not all social economy initiatives can cater to

foreign markets, due to the difficulty of competing with large companies.

For that reason, said Giraldez, one of the keys to success is strengthening

the domestic market, still depressed by high under- and unemployment, which

affect 5.5 million people, or nearly one-third of the economically active

population of 16.8 million.

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*President Pacheco Head Back to Work This Morning

Just before 8:30, as is the custom each week day, the presidential car, along

with security personnel and Transit official will arrive at the home of

President Abel Pacheco in Rohrmoser to pick him for the short ride to Casa

Presidencial.

This morning will be no different, other than the President is under strict

medical orders to take it easy.

President Pacheco was released from hospital Saturday afternoon following two

days of tests after he was admitted at the Calderón Guardia hospital

suffering from severe chest pains. Doctors say it stress and the President

should take it easy, relax, go on vacation and take his medication for

diabetes and hypertension.

Pacheco said he will not go on vacation, as it would be more stressful for

him, thinking about what is going on back at home. He agreed to take it a

little slower, maintain a strict diet and take his medication.

The 71 year old President said he is determined to complete his term when he

hands over the rains of the Presidency to his successor on May 1, 2006.

Doctors said the President needs to also lose some weight - about 5 kilos -

and needs to be back in hospital for more tests in two weeks.

So, this morning, as like many mornings for the last almost three years, the

President will mount the gray Lexus with a Costa Rican flag as a license

plate, will head for Casa Presidencial in Zapote to resume his duties.

*Costa Rica Could See a Woman President in the Near Future

A report in the daily Spanish language newspaper La Prensa Libre says that

due to the recent corruption scandal and the unhappiness of Costa Rican with

traditional politics may see a woman president in the near future.

Marta Zamora of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) says that "Costa Rica is

ready for a woman to occupy the presidential chair."

Most Costa Ricans don't realize that, as was the case of the last several

days, Costa Rica is only one heart beat of having a woman president. When

President Abel Pacheco as hospitalized last week with heart trouble, Lineth

Saborío, the first vice-president would have taken the presidential chair if

71 year old Pacheco had been permanently incapacitated.

The 2006 election will something new for Ticos when more than 40 parties will

be aspiring for some time of public function, several of them will be

fielding presidential candidates in addition to the traditional "green" or

"red" parties.

In the past, Costa Rican politics has been a "two" party system, where the

Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) or green party and the Partito Unidad

Social Cristiana (PUSC) or red party, have alternated the presidential chair.

The two parties were the only one to field presidential candidates until the

2002 elections, when a small and relatively unknown party - PAC - headed by

Ottón Solís forced a run-off vote when neiter the PLN or the PUSC were able

to capture the necessary 50% of the vote.

Experts believe that the conditions are right for a woman president, though

it may not be in the upcoming election, but could be in the 2010 elections.

*An Alliance Could Defeat Arias, Poll Shows

A recent poll conducted by the Diario Extra says that only an alliance of

parties can defeat former president Oscar Arias in the 2006 election.

The poll conducted by Borge y Asociados for the Spanish language newspaper

was carried out from January 31 and February 5, where 425 people were

interviewed in San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia and Puntarenas.

Most of those interviewed beleive that an alliance of parties could see them

take at least 47% of the vote, while Arias's party, the Partido Liberación

Nacional (PLN) could see only 22% of the vote.

The poll also revealed an interesting fact, that 65% of the population could

be expected to vote in the 2006 election, an sharp increase if that occures,

while 18% said they will abstain.

*Immigration Eases Appointment Rule for Seniors

In an effort to appease those older than 65 years of age, the Dirección

General de Migración y Extranjería - Immigration service - announced on

Friday that they do not need an appointment to obtain services.

Immigration officials have been under fire for the decision that anyone with

business with them has to have an appointment by either calling immigration

or visiting personally.

Many make the trip from remote areas only to find out the appointment rule,

requiring them to make a second trip on another day.

Marco Badilla, Director of Immigration, confirmed that senior citizens and

the handicapped will be attended between 7am and 3pm at a special window -

window 6 - and can obtain a new passport without having the need for a prior

appointment.

The Director added that his department has always had a "special" window for

seniors, children and the handicapped, where they are given priority.

Everyone else, be it to get a new passport or to replace one or for

foreigners who want to renew their residency permits, an appointment is

necessary.

*US Airways Now With Direct Flights to Liberia

It was 1:30pm Saturday as the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia, Guancaste,

received US Airways,it's newest arrival to it's growing number of flights

landing at the airport, with 120 passengers on board.

US Airways joined Continental, American Airlines and Delta with two flights a

week on Saturdays and Sundays full of vacationers headed directly to the

beaches of Guanacaste.

In the past, visitors to Guanacaste had to land in San José and then take a

30-40 minute flight or 4 1/2 - 5 hour drive before hitting the hot sand.

According to figures released by the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo -

Tourism Board - the Oduder airport hadndled 32.600 visitors in January.

US Airways now has two flights a week to Liberia's Daniel Oduber airport -

Saturdays and Sundays - joining other airlines with direct flights to the

Guanacaste region.

*ICE Needs the Ericsson Contract for GSM Service

Will there be a new GSM cellular service? And will it be this year? or when?

The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is adamant that the

Contraloría General de la República - the Comptroller's office - again review

the contract that ICE signed with the Ericcson firm for 600.000 GSM lines.

Currently there are no new lines available and the Ericsson contract, that

was rejected last year, that would have seen the sale of those lines last

December, could make the much needed service available by the end of the

year.

However, if the Contraloría does not approve the contract, ICE has to start

again with a new bidding process that could take up to a year and then at

least six months for the installation of the network.

The Ericsson contract is worth us$130 million. Ericsson was awarded the

contract by ICE early last year, however, a closed meeting by ICE and

Ericsson Costa Rica officials in Praguelast spring raised eyebrows when it

was discovered that Ericsson paid for the ICE officials, who had made an

unannounced side trip.

The newly appointed Contralor, Alex Solís, who resigned from office under

pressure, denied the necessary approvals for all public contracts and killed

the deal. The rumour that ICE was going to negotiate an expantion of it's

contract with the current provided of GSM service in Costa Rica, Alcatel,

opened the door to corruption scandals that has touched many political

figures and businessmen.

Former ICE board member, José Antonio Lobo, admitted to getting a pay off

from ICE who in turn paid a portion to former Costa Rican president, Miguel

Angel Rodríguez. Lobo is under house arrest and Rodríguez is preventive

detention in La Reforma prison, after being detained as he returned to Costa

Rica after stepping down from his new job as Secretary General of the

Organization of American States (OAS) based in Washington, DC.

Edgar Valderde, president of Alcatel Costa Rica, was fired by the French

telecommunications firm and is under investigation, along with another former

presidnet, José María Figueres Olsen, who is refusing to return to Costa Rica

to answer questions by a Legislative committee.

Ericsson appealed the decision by the Contraloría and the Constitutional

Court, known as the Sala IV, decided that the Contraloría has to again review

the contract due to circumstances surrounding the last decision and then

Comptroller Solís.

In the meantime, as this mess sorts itself out, Costa Ricans are waiting with

cellular telephone in hand, in the hopes that any time soon they can get

connected.

*Long Awaited Fisheries Law Passed

On Thursday (Feb. 10) Costa Rican legislators unanimously approved a new

national fisheries law. The proposed law has been debated since 1995, when

parts of an antiquated fisheries law from 1948 were ruled unconstitutional.

The new law includes a prohibition on "shark finning" and creates fines and

jail terms for those involved in landing shark fins at Costa Rican ports.

There are also stiff penalties for anyone who harms endangered sea turtles

and the law requires shrimp fishermen to use TEDs, special devices which

allow sea turtles to escape from shrimp nets.

For nearly 10 years, fishermen, legislators, industry representatives and

conservation groups have worked to finalize the text of the law which

includes 173 articles.

Along with many senators, PRETOMA opposes portions of the new law that

promote overexploitation of Costa Rica’s ocean resources, such as free

permits to foreign vessels to fish tuna in Costa Rica’s national waters and

increased sport fishing.

Four years ago PRETOMA led a campaign that halted the passage of a previous

draft of the fishery law which would have granted even greater licenses to

foreign fleets to fish in Costa Rican waters.

“The last thing Costa Rican fishermen and ocean species need are more vessels

fishing in our waters and the region,” says Arauz. “If we truly want

commercial and endangered species to recover we need to limit fleets,

especially large advanced foreign fleets. And we need a moratorium on

longlining in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific.”

Large foreign longline fleets that set millions of hooks began arriving to

the region in the 1980s. Since then, the number of leatherback sea turtles

nesting on the Pacific coast of Central America has declined by 97% and many

national fishermen are struggling because commercial species have been

depleted.

“Due to the fact that so many species, such as sea turtles, dolphins, tuna,

mahi mahi, rays, swordfish, sailfish and sharks migrate throughout the

region, the only way to truly keep from wiping them out is to work on a

regional level,” says Arauz. “This new law combined with a recent halt to

illegal landings by foreign vessels at private docks and the Ministry of

Environment’s vision for creating some form of protection for 25% of Costa

Rican waters, are important steps. However, even with the best laws and

policies in Costa Rica, without regional cooperation species and fisheries

are still threatened.”

PRETOMA (Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas) is a Costa Rican

non-profit, non-governmental, marine conservation organization that works to

promote responsible fisheries and protect sea turtles, sharks and marine

biodiversity.

*La Nacíon Unveils New Look

The Spanish language daily newspaper La Nación, which forms part of the Grupo

Nación, yesterday unveiled it's new look following an investment of us$28

million in a new printing plant.

The new printing press, Kba-Comet, made in Germany is housed in a new 4.478

square metres (48.200 square foot) building that has four storeys with a

height of 28 metres (92 feet).

The Nación had been anxiously awaiting the construction and installation of

the new printing press for more than a year and last week, a group of actors

dressed as constructions workers paraded the Boulevard (Avenida Central) with

boards announcing the change.

Friday's edition of the La Nación revealed not only the new look but the

quality of print and crispness of the colour and the photos.

The new format is larger than the older, at 42 centimetres (16.5 inches) from

37 centimetres (14.5 inches). The format allows for more news and information

and more advertising. The classifieds section has been completely redone and

the Viva and special sections are now stapled, mak

The new printing press has a larger capacity that the older machine that has

been used for many years. Currently, the La Nación prints 115.000 copies

daily and 150.000 on Sundays.

The Grupo Nación also prints for other publications, like the daily Spanish

language newspaper Al Día, magazines and various regional newspapers and

advertising supplements.

*TSE Postpones E-Voting

Costa Rica's elections board - Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) - has put

off using electronic voting technology until at least the municipal elections

of December 2006, the TSE said in a statement.

"It all comes down to a budgetary issue. When the budget was approved by the

legislature, there was a very important cut made that prevents us from moving

forward," TSE president Oscar Fonseca said.

The TSE had planned on using some 3,500 electronic voting machines for the

country's presidential elections in February 2006. With the budget shortfall

of ¢1.2 billion colones (us$2.6 million), Fonseca said that use of the

electronic machines would be postponed until the mayoral elections in

December 2006 at the earliest.

"If we have the budget, it is very possible that this initiative will be put

into practice for the December elections," Fonseca said.

For those elections, the TSE is planning to use at least 3,500 electronic

voting terminals on loan from Brazil. The organization needs 685mn colones to

cover this.

The TSE hopes to provide electronic voting machines for 50% of the voting

public. Its goal is to have over 7,000 machines by the year 2010, according

to Fonseca.

"For 2010, it is quite feasible that we will have electronic voting. Whether

the solution will come from Brazil or somewhere else is not certain. But the

idea is that we are moving towards this mechanism in the short or

medium-term," Fonseca said.

The TSE will analyze the results of the machines in the December elections to

determine the optimal levels of use of e-voting for future elections.

*Madam Trial Judges Warn Media

The Spanish language daily newspaper, Diario Extra, got a stern warning by

the court that is trying Sinaí Monge, who is accused of providing underage

prostitutes to key figures in Costa Rica, not to publish the names of the

underage witnesses.

The same warning went to Channel 6 news - Repretel - for the fear of the

names and images of the underage witnesses will stop them from testifying.

The courtroom is now being sealed off to news reporters and the accused as

well when an underage witness takes the stand to testify against the Madam.

The warning comes after prosecutors Alejandra Valenciano, Ana Salazar and

defense lawyer Karen Valverde complained to the judges that the names of

witnesses published in the press could affect the trial.

Another concern is the publishing of the names of "grandes figurones" -

important persons who allegedly used the services of the Sinaí, requesting

underage girls to accompany them. Politicians, well known soccer players and

important members of the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) and the

Poder Judicial - the judicial branch of the government - are suspected to be

included in the list of names of clients of the Madam.

For years police were on the trail of Sinaí but given her long list of

"important" customers, their efforts were hampered. Neighbours never

complained nor did they co-operate with police fearing reprisals.

The trial, now in it's third day, is expected to show how an undercover OIJ

agent was able to get inside the prostitution ring and order the services of

a young girl. A judge, a prosecutors and several OIJ officials were witness

at a motel where a 12 year old girl sent by Sinaí was naked in the company of

the undercover agent and with marked bills in her possession. Police say that

the girl was able, ready and willing to complete her part of the bargain, of

which she would kick up money to the Madam.

One of the girls on the list working for Sinaí was her own daughter-in-law -

the wife of her son. The Madam was quoted as saying to investigators that

"business is business".

The young girls would charge between ¢25.000 colones and us$100 for their

services, more if it included multiple partners. They were sent by the Madam

to meet with their clients and then pay the Madam her cut.

The trial is expected to continue for several weeks.ing it an easy pull out.

*Figueres to be Investigated

Not even 24 hours had passed when the Fiscal General de la República,

Francisco Dall’Annese, announced that he accepted the charges brought to him

by a group of Legislators against former president José María Figueres Olsen.

Seven Legislative Deputies, who form part of the Comisión Permanente Especial

de Control de Ingreso y Gasto Público, presented formal charges against the

former president for public disobedience when the Figueres failed to show

before their commission on February 3.

This was the fourth time the former president had been called before the

commission and refused to show, only sending the commission a volumnous

letter explaining his role in the ICE-Alcatel scandal. The commission

rejected the letter and asked for his personal presence.

Dall’Annese now has the power to launch a full scale investigation into the

affairs of the former president with ties to the French telecommunications

firms Alcatel and the admitted payment of us$906.000 in consulting fees to

Figueres.

The first step for the Fiscal is to determine if there has been a violation

of the Penal Code. Is refusing to heed to the demands of the commission a

violation of the law? If so, the Deputies want that Dall'Anese and the

Tribunales de Justicia (courts) issue an international warrant for the

capture of Figueres and forcibly return him to Costa Rica.

Figueres has said he will return to Costa Rica but will not be part of the

"political show" that is surrounding the case.

If the Fiscal feels there is enough evidence to issue a warrant, this would

be the second time in less than a year that a former president of Costa Rica

will have made the INTERPOL wanted list.

Former president Miguel Angel Rodríguez had the distinction last year and was

promptly arrested by Costa Rican officials when he set foot on Costa Rican

soil on October 15, 2004. The warrant had given him to the date, exactly a

month after taking office as Secretary General of the Organization of

American States (OAS), to return to Costa Rica, failing he would have been

detained by INTERPOL agents in Washington, D.C.

*Centro Cultural announces year schedules for both of its art galleries

The Centro Cultural Costarricense Notreamericano has released full schedules for its galleries in San Pedro and in la Sabana. The center’s galleries are used to display a wide variety of art in order to provide new cultural activities throughout the year.

The Sophia Wanamaker Gallery in San Pedro began the New Year with the exhibit "Realism Lírico." The exhibit features art by Jane Goldman from Boston, Mass. In her work, Mrs. Goldman uses a combination of light and shade to bring her marine plant life watercolors and engravings to life. The exhibition opened Feb. 3 and will run through Feb. 24.

The gallery will then open two exhibitions entitled "Muebles y Esculturas en Madera Residual" and "Cataratas." The exhibitions will be shown together from March 1 to March 16. Muebles, features north American artist David Chiarappa, who creates wooden sculptures from drift wood. Cartaratas features paintings by North American artist Hilda Green. Her work features the uses the vibrant array of colors found in Costa Rica.

March 31, the gallery will open an exhibition called "UtilizARTE." The exhibition will run through April 28 and will feature local ceramic pieces created from a utilitarian vision. A few weeks later, May 16, the gallery will open "Testigos," an exhibition featuring graphite caricatures created by Charlie Vargas. The show will run through June 16.

July 23, the gallery will open the 2005 Maestros Costarricenses, exhibition. The annual event recognizes artists that have that have helped to shape Costa Rica’s national art. The show will close Aug.17.
From Sept. 7 through Oct. 3, the gallery will host an exebition that researches Costa Rica’s Latin American identity, through words and photos. The gallery’s season will close at the end of November after the final show, "Costacuarela 2005." This annual exhibition, showcases the best works available from the National Association of Watercolorists.

To the west of San José, at the Galería La Sabana in Sabana Norte, the center has created a similar schedule. The first exhibition of the year features the images of dances created by Julio Sequeira. The exhibition, entitled "Danza Imagen," will run through Feb. 23.

Then in April, the gallery in Sabana will open "Artesanías de Punta Islita." The exhibition features local art created in Punta Islita and runs from April 2 through the 25. The next exhibition, entitled "Tejido Bolillos" opens May 21 and runs through June 13. This show features Eastern and European textile techniques.

The next show, "Peregrinación," opens June 20 and runs through Aug. 18. The exhibition features watercolors created by Juan Carlos Camacho. Then in September, the gallery will host a photography exhibition, entitled "Fotoveritas."

The show will feature photos take by local students at Veritas University. The show will run from Sep. 10 through Oct. 13.

The final show of the year features engravings and silkscreen prints created by Sebastián Mello Salaberry. The show will run from Nov. 5 through Nov. 28.

For more information, contact the Sophia Wanamaker Gallery at 207-7554 or the Galería Sabana at 207-7501

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