Latin America and the Caribbean

Bridge Builders, a URI member group in Argentina, holds virtual training workshops for young people to learn about interreligious dialogue.

Regional Coordinator of URI Latin America and the Caribbean

Every year on September 21, the International Day of Peace is celebrated around the world. The UN General Assembly has declared this date as the day dedicated to strengthening the ideals of peace, through the 24-hour observation of non-violence and a ceasefire.

On Saturday September 26, the members of CC Samay together with Global Trustee Rosa Delia Quizhpe gathered to honor the memory of former Trustee Fany Ávila, who had her birthday on this date.

On Sunday, September 20, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., CC Samay members and Global Counselor Rosa Delia Quizhpe participated in a Seed Exchange Fair organized in the community.

On Thursday, September 17, 2020, members of the CC Builders of Bridges of Argentina and the CC School of Love shared a greeting with love on this Rosh Hashana (new year).

With the financing of the KAICIID Fellow Program, the members of the CC Builders of Bridges designed and are developing three training workshops, with tools to work in the Interreligious Dialogue for young people between 14 and 25 years old.

See photos and stories of how the global URI community celebrated the International Day of Peace this year.

On September 5, the world celebrated the International Day of Indigenous Women, here in Brazil it was no different. Isabel Medeiros, first contact of the CC Caminhos da Terra, also recorded her tribute for this very significant date, just as in the rest of Latin America Brazil had a lot of different native peoples.

On Thursday, September 10, 2020, the Regional Coordination of Latin America & the Caribbean invited all the Cooperation Circles of the region to a meeting via zoom to bid farewell to the 2016-2020 management of the Global Trustees: Sofía Painiqueo, member of the Aflaiai CC of Chile, Salette Aquino member of the CC Brasilia of Brazil and David Limo member of the CC URI Lima of Peru, whose these four years represented all CCs before the Global Council of URI and in turn welcomed the new elected Trustees for the 2020 period -2024: Salette Aquino, CC Brasilia Francisco Morales, CC Comunidad Cósmica and Rosadelia Quizhpe, CC Samay who assume the post to represent the CCs.