Periscópio Internacional – 2006 Calendar – may.

01 – Swearing in of newly elected mayors in El Salvador, including mayor-elect of the capital city of San Salvador, Violeta Menjívar, of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.

04-07 – 4th European Social Forum. In Athens, Greece.

09-12 – Annual Congress of the Iberian-American Center for Urban Strategic Development. In Bogotá, Colombia.

10-13 – Linking Alternatives 2 (parallel to the Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union). In Vienna, Austria.

16 – Legislative and municipal elections in the Dominican Republic.

17-18 – Extraordinary Congress of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In Managua, Nicaragua.

17-19 – 2nd Congress of the National Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin). In Dili, East Timor.

18-19 – Academic seminar on socialism in the 21st century and integration. Meeting of the Latin-American Socialist Coordination. In Quito, Ecuador.

18-25 – Communist Party of Vietnam. In Hanoi, Vietnam.

20-27 – Festival América do Sul 2006. In Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

22-24 – 1st France-Brazil Decentralized Cooperation Program meeting. In Marseille, France.

23-24 – Socialist International Tel Aviv and Ramallah Council meeting. Theme: “For a Middle East in Peace, with political and economic democracy: the social-democratic vision”.

24-28 – Cities 2006 – International Fair and Congress organized by the City of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Information

28Presidential elections in Colombia.

29-30 – World Bank‘s Annual Conference on Developing Economies. In Tokyo, Japan.