The meeting held at the headquarters of the Federation of Institutions, Culture and Sports of La Plata, discussed several topics of interest to the Chilean community living in Argentina and promised to call the 4 th Congress FedACH, once obtained the resources to enable the participation of all delegates of the country, as happened in the 1st. Centenary Congress in November 1998, the 2nd Congress of Bahia Blanca, in December 2000 and 3rd. Neuquén Congress in September 2005.
Proposed topics to be analyzed in the 4th Congressional FedACH are as follows:
- The period of the new Board of Directors from 2008 to 2009, including the October municipal elections and the next presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2009. These events, related to the vote of Chileans abroad, the proposals of the presidential candidates and political parties should be considered in making a definite position as a federation, taking the estimated number of 50,000 electors residing in Argentina who vote in Chile and the possibility of a narrow 2 nd. Presidential Tour in January 2010.
- Accession to the formation of a National Constituent Assembly by a new democratic constitution of Chile, which includes and represents all Chileans, regardless of place of birth and the territory they reside, to ensure inclusion and full rights of indigenous peoples and Chileans living abroad.
- Community Relationship Chilean living abroad with the Chilean State. The failure of the draft legal creation of a Regional Office (Region Fourteen at the time) and voting rights of Chileans abroad, gave way to confusion and mistrust of government, who has tried to reverse DICOEX way, trying to install a principle of association and unity between the Chilean residents on the basis of proposals and activities instigated and diffuse (leadership training, INFOBUS, publications, television shows), they do not consider our actual claims and less, the social, cultural and law of the country that shelters us.
- participation and completion of the 2 nd Forum on Migration and civil rights, together with organizations from Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and other Latin Americans living in Argentina, as a body for coordination and joint struggle full citizenship rights of migrants in this country and in our countries of origin.
FedACH Ordinary Assembly noted with satisfaction the efforts made by the outgoing Board, in the period then ended, as
- The "Conference for the Right to Vote Chilenos en el Exterior" carried out between 15 and 19 January 2007 at the University Academy of Christian Humanism in Santiago, Chile with the participation of delegates Chileans living in several countries, trade union delegations, human rights of former political prisoners, exiles and returnees, academics, young children of Chileans abroad, political leaders and legislators.
- Complaint International submitted to the Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants (Geneva, Switzerland) against the Chilean government, for effective discrimination of civil and political right to vote to Chileans living abroad, accompanied by the signatures of Rector of the University Academy of Christian Humanism (UAHC), the Director of the Inter-American Observatory on the Rights of Migrants (OCIM) and the Director of Training and Development Centre (CEC).
- The petition to the Minister of Labour and Social Security of Chile, with the Bishops of Neuquén and Bariloche Pastoral Migration of Neuquén and other Chileans in Argentina, to include in the bill solidarity pension, destitute of Chileans living in Argentina, who have no social security coverage and none of the two countries. The government's response, through legislation, was to impose a requirement: the residence of the last 20 years in Chile to gain access to the basic solidarity old-age pension, which explicitly marginalizes such right to these compatriots. Issue will also discuss the next 4 FedACH Congress.
- La creación del sitio web http://votochilenoexterior.blogspot.com donde se encuentran registradas la mayoría de las actividades realizadas durante el último periodo. También la construcción de un directorio de más de 4.000 correos electrónicos de todo el mundo, que ha significado la relación con organizaciones de chilenos y comunicadores sociales en Brasil, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, Venezuela, México, Cuba, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Inglaterra, España, Alemania, Suiza, Francia, Bélgica, Holanda, Suecia, Noruega, Rusia, Australia, entre otros países.
- The realization of the "Forum on Citizens' Rights and Migration Social Summit for Friendship and Integration of Latin American peoples with the participation of communities in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay November 2007 in Santiago de Chile, sponsored by the University Academy of Christian Humanism (UAHC) and the accession of the Social Aid Foundation of Christian Churches (FASIC).
Also, the presence of outgoing Board to maintain existing claims of Chileans abroad, in particular, citizenship rights, for which held talks with all the necessary institutional Chilean political spectrum, illustrating how the electoral process be developed abroad, consistent with the reforms that are planned in Chile (automatic enrollment, voluntary voting, reform the binomial system, etc.). Among others, he met with: Ricardo Lagos Weber (PPD), Tomás Jocelyn-Holt (DC), Leonel Cádiz (PS), Jaime Gazmuri (PS), María Antonieta Saa (PPD), Alejandro Navarro (PS), Sergio Bitar ( PPD), Jorge Insunza (PC), Luis Barria (PC), Cristian Rossel (PPD), Fernando Meza (PRSD), Steve Valenzuela (Chile1 º) Francisco Chahuán (RN), Karla Rubilar (RN), Tucapel Jimenez (Ind.), Soledad Alvear (DC), Hernán Larraín (UDI), Luis Maira (PS), Tomás Hirsch (PH), Juan Carlos Concha (PC) Enrique Acorsi (PPD), Carlos Larrain (RN), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (DC), Roberto Garretón (Constituent Assembly), Jaime Gajardo (CUT).
Similarly, delegates raised the level of self necessary to enable FedACH, from now on, improving the organic aspect, institutional and financial support to strengthen local organizations, expanding the opportunities Discussion all expressions of the Chilean-without distinction, on the basis of framework agreements and ongoing renewal of our human resources and capabilities.
All this, claiming and renewing the leading role that it is up to the Associations and FedACH, as a historical subject of the Chilean community organized in Argentina.
Finally, the Assembly paid a heartfelt tribute to the late leader, CASANOVA DIMITROF Spina, founder and first President of the FedACH 1972.
He also recognized for its work, the outgoing leaders of the Board, period 2006 - 2007: CARLOS MENDEZ CONTRERAS, JOSE AGUILERA MUÑOZ President and Secretary.
Therefore, in compliance with the rules of the control authorities of legal persons, was made official register of associations with legal personality, whose delegates were elected to serve on the Board and the Commission Review FedACH Accounts for the period 2008 to 2009.
According to this, and endorsement of their institutions, the Board FedACH, was composed as follows:
President
MAGALY MILLAN JARA
Chilean Cultural Centre "Gabriela Mistral"
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Secretary
STANDARD BAR MUÑOZ
Social Centre, Cultural and Sports Chileno "President Pedro Aguirre Cerda"
Centenario, Neuquén Province
Treasurer
MAXIMILIANO LAMATTA MARTINEZ
Chilean Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Vocal
GERMAN ALCOHOLADO BOYE
Casa de la Cultura "Pablo Neruda"
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Vocal
BORIS CASANOVA CHAVEZ
Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo "Unión Chile - Argentina "
Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Province
Vocal
ROMAN MONK JARA
Chilean Centre Residents' Caupolicán"
Mar del Plata, General Pueyrredón, Province of Buenos Aires
Audit Commission
RENE BULNES FARIAS
Residents Chilean Center "Arturo Prat"
Monte Grande, Esteban Echeverria, Buenos Aires Province
MATILDE MUNOZ VICTOR
Social Centre, Cultural and Sports Chileno "President Pedro Aguirre Cerda"
Centenario, Neuquén Province
Chilean Federation of Residents Associations in Argentina FedACH
La Plata , May 1, 2008 .-
