 foro de sÃ£o paulo (fsp; ) is a conference of leftist political parties and other organizations from latin america and the caribbean. it was launched by the workers' party () of brazil in 1990 in the city of sÃ£o paulo. the forum of sÃ£o paulo was constituted in 1990 when the brazilian workers' party approached other parties and social movements of latin america and the caribbean with the objective of debating the new international scenario after the fall of the berlin wall and the consequences of the implementation of what were taken as neoliberal policies adopted at the time by contemporary right-leaning governments in the region, the stated main objective of the conference being to argue for alternatives to neoliberalism.cf. carlos baraibar & josÃ© bayardi: "foro de san pablo Â¿quÃ© es y cuÃ¡l es su historia?", 23 august 2000,  the first meeting, held in sÃ£o paulo, on july 1990, was attended by members of 48 parties and organizations from latin american and the caribbean. the original name given to the meeting was meeting of left and anti-imperialist parties and organizations of latin america (). in 1991, in mexico city, the meeting started being called, alternatively, foro de sÃ£o paulo, in reference to the location of the first meeting.article on the change of name the following meetings were held in managua (1992), havana (1993), montevideo (1995), san salvador (1996), porto alegre (1997), mexico city (1998), managua (2000), havana (2001), antigua guatemala (2002), quito (2003), sÃ£o paulo (2005), san salvador (2007), montevideo (2008), mexico city (2009), buenos aires (2010), managua (2011), caracas (2012), sÃ£o paulo (2013) and la paz (2014). the foro's chief authority is its meeting itself; between meetings, the foro is represented by an executive group (grupo de trabalho) composed of a sample o
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