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The World Social Forum 2009 in Belem of Para (Brazil)

27 Jan 2009

The World Social Forum 2009 will be in Amazon, in Belem of Para (Brazil), from January 27th to February 1st

The World Social Forum (WSF) is an opened space - plural, diverse, non-governmental and non-partisan - that stimulates the decentralized debate, reflection, proposals building, experiences exchange and alliances among movements and organizations engaged in concrete actions towards a more solidary, democratic and fair world.

The three first editions of WSF, as well as the fifth, happened in Porto Alegre (state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil), in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. In 2004, the global event happened for the first time outside Brasil, in India. In 2006, in a constant expansion movement, the WSF was decentralized and happened in three countries on different continents: Mali (Africa), Paquistan (Asia) and Venezuela (Americas). In 2007, it returned to a centralized format and happened in Kenya (Africa).

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