Latin America and the Caribbean Program 2026

Participants

Movement leaders who will gather at this meeting.

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  Maria Magdalena Fueres Flores

  Comité Central de Mujeres de la UNORCAC

  Magdalena Fueres is founder of the UNORCAC Central Women’s Committee and has accompanied its organizing process from the start, working with every president who has led the Committee. She was the first Cantonal Women’s Coordinator and the first Indigenous councilwoman in the canton, opening the way for greater political participation by Indigenous women. She also took part in Ecuador’s Mujeres Diversas movement. She is currently vice president of the UNORCAC Central Women’s Committee, president of Kutakachi (a network of ten women’s organizations), and represents the women of her community on the community council.

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  Luz María Alta

  Comité Central de Mujeres de la UNORCAC

  Luz María Alta is a Kichwa woman, community leader, embroiderer, artisan, farmer and community lodge keeper. From her community of Santa Bárbara she has dedicated her life to strengthening Kichwa culture and collective territorial development. At age 20 she was elected the first woman president of her community, opening space for more women in leadership. She is currently treasurer of the UNORCAC Central Women’s Committee (CCMU), where she accompanies women’s groups managing savings funds, promoting economic autonomy, collective work and organizational strength.

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  Perla Álvarez Brítez

  CONAMURI

  Perla Álvarez Brítez is a Paraguayan peasant woman, linguist, Guaraní language teacher and feminist militant. For more than two decades she has accompanied the organizing and struggle of peasant and Indigenous women for food sovereignty, social justice and territorial defense. She helped found CONAMURI in 1999 and since 2004 has held various leadership roles. She continues to drive articulation and political education from CONAMURI and La Vía Campesina, promoting peasant and popular feminism, seed defense, agroecology and women’s rights.

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  Bernardina Coronel Pesoa

  CONAMURI

  Bernardina Coronel Pesoa is a young Indigenous woman of the Qom people, activist and member of CONAMURI’s National Leadership. She trained at Escuela India Juliana and in formation spaces driven by her organization and international networks. She has represented CONAMURI in multiple international spaces. She is a communicator for her people and part of Qataki Medios, helping make Indigenous communities’ struggles and knowledge visible.

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  Claudia Coari

  RENAF Perú

  Claudia Coari is an Indigenous leader from the Escallani Peasant Community (Capachica, Puno). She served as general secretary of the Puno Departmental Peasant Federation (1995–1998), national secretary for Peasant Women of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation (2006–2010), and international delegate of CLOC–La Vía Campesina. From 2011 to 2016 she was a member of Peru’s Congress, advancing Law 30355 on Family Farming. Since 2017 she has chaired RENAF Peru.

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  Lolin Medina

  RENAF Perú

  Lolin Medina is an Aymara sociologist from Puno, Peru. He began leadership young in the Carucaya Peasant Community and the Platería Peasant Federation, organizing through the Peruvian Peasant Confederation. He has advanced proposals for family farming, agroecological production and peasant marketing. He currently coordinates RENAF Peru’s technical team.

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  Neydi Yassmine Juracán Morales

  CCDA

  Neydi Juracán Morales is a Maya Kaqchikel woman, peasant and defender of Indigenous peoples’ rights and food sovereignty. For more than two decades she has worked in CCDA, eventually becoming national coordinator. She has advanced agroecological production, peasant cooperatives and fair-trade models, and led Café Justicia’s transformation, traceability and export of Indigenous-produced coffee.

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  Luis Naobil Xep Jacinto

  CCDA

  Naobil Xep is a young Maya Kaqchikel agroecologist and territory defender committed to peasant farming and food sovereignty. He has driven agroecological initiatives for sustainable production, bio-inputs and organic transitions, and accompanies rural youth organizing at the intersection of agroecology, agrarian justice and climate justice.

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  Germán Arlex Martínez Silva

  FENSUAGRO

  Germán Arlex Martínez Silva is a Colombian peasant leader from Huila. He is part of the Small Farmers Union of Cundinamarca (affiliated with FENSUAGRO), serving on the National Board and the IALA María Cano training team. His work focuses on political and agroecological education for new peasant leaders.

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  Yexibeth Virginia Cadenas Cadenas

  FENSUAGRO

  Yexibeth Virginia Cadenas is an agroecologist and popular peasant educator with more than 15 years advancing training and organizing in the Latin American peasant movement. Born in Venezuela, she began in the Ezequiel Zamora National Peasant Front and was in the first cohort of IALA Paulo Freire. She currently works with IALA María Cano and FENSUAGRO training and production teams.

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  Participant to be confirmed (TBC)

  Red COMAL

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  Participant to be confirmed (TBC)

  Red COMAL

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  Noeli Welter Taborda

  MMC

  Noeli Welter Taborda is a peasant woman and agroecological producer dedicated to food for self-consumption and food sovereignty. She is a popular feminist educator and researcher. She has been in MMC since 1997 and on its National Leadership since 2011. She holds degrees in Pedagogy, History and Geography, a master’s in Territorial Development (UNESP), and is pursuing a doctorate in the same program.

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  Elisiane de Fatima Jahn

  MMC

  Elisiane de Fatima Jahn is a popular educator and researcher, activist and leader of Brazil’s MMC. She completed a postdoctorate in Rural Studies (UFVJM) and holds a doctorate in Education (UFRGS). Her experience spans popular education, financial education, peasantry, gender and community feminisms, participatory methods, finance and solidarity economy.

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  Leomarcio Araujo da Silva

  MPA

  Leomarcio Araujo da Silva is a peasant, agrarian-reform settler and MPA militant for more than 23 years. A graduate of an Agricultural Family School, he is a historian specializing in semi-arid technological innovation and holds a master’s in Rural Education. He is part of CNAPO, coordinates the National Collective for Food Sovereignty and Popular Supply, and sits on MPA’s National Coordination.

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  Liria Aquino

  MPA

  Liria Aquino is a Black quilombola peasant woman from the semi-arid region of Piauí, Brazil. She is an agricultural technician and holds a degree in Rural Education with a focus on natural sciences. She trained as a popular jurist of the Caatinga and currently serves on Brazil’s National Council for Sustainable and Solidarity Rural Development.

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  Giselda Coelho Pereira

  MST

  Giselda Coelho Pereira is a farmer and agrarian-reform settler in the 26 de Marzo settlement (Marabá, Pará, Brazil). She has been with MST since 1996. An agronomist, she is on MST’s National Coordination and Production Sector, advancing agroecology, seed production, agroforestry and agro-industrialization in settlements.

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  Participant to be confirmed (TBC)

  MST

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  Participant to be confirmed (TBC)

  AS-PTA

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  Participant to be confirmed (TBC)

  AS-PTA