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The Madrid Forum (Spanish: Foro Madrid) is a conservative organization created on 26 October 2020 by the Disenso Foundation, think tank of the far-right Spanish political party Vox.
According to The Rio Times, the aim of the Madrid Forum, an anti-communist international organization with a "permanent structure and an annual action plan", is to be "an alternative" to the "two Latin American leftist platforms, the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group. The Sao Paulo Forum "comprises political and social forces, from the Brazilian Workers' Party to the Communist Party of Cuba"; the Puebla Group consists of "a handful of leftist politicians" including Alberto Fernández, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Pepe Mujica, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
The Madrid Charter is the manifesto of the Madrid Forum; it gathered more than 8,000 signers from throughout the world, with prominent signers Brazilian Eduardo Bolsonaro, Peruvian president-elect Keiko Fujimori and Chilean president Jose Antonio Kast. The Charter alerts that countries “hijacked by communist-inspired totalitarian regimes, supported by drug trafficking, under the umbrella of the Cuban regime" have advanced communism.
Vox introduced the project to the government of then United States president Donald Trump while visiting the United States in February 2019, with Santiago Abascal using his good relations with the administration to build support within the Republican Party and establish ties in America. In March 2019, Abascal tweeted an image of himself wearing a morion similar to a conquistador. Spanish newspaper ABC wrote that this event provided a narrative that "symbolizes in part the expansionist mood of Vox and its ideology far from Spain". On 3 March 2020, Abascal met with Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, to discuss the creation of the Madrid Forum.
The Madrid Forum was to hold its first event in Madrid in June 2020; it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Madrid Charter presented as an online document on 26 October 2020.
The Madrid Charter: In Defense of Freedom and Democracy in the Iberosphere (Spanish: Carta de Madrid: en defensa de la libertad y la democracia en la Iberosfera), also known as the Letter from Madrid, was a manifesto created on 26 October 2020 by the Disenso Foundation think tank of Vox. The document denounced left-wing organizations in Ibero-America, said these groups pose a threat to liberal democracy through communism.
With over 8,000 signatories, including over 400 parliamentarians as of 2023, the charter was also signed by conservative and some ultraconservative, and far-right politicians from the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula. Chilean politician José Antonio Kast, one of the document's signatories, proposed in October 2021 that the signatories of the Madrid Charter establish an International Anti-Radical Left Coordination, stating that "what is happening in Colombia is no coincidence. The model of the antisocial outbreak is repeated in Chile."
In the document, signatories define two entities; the first is an allied Iberosphere of nations holding the same roots to the Iberian Peninsula and the second are left-wing groups, such as the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group, which the charter describes as an enemy and threat to freedom. The letter condemns leftist groups as being under the influence of Cuba, stating that they are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime", describes part of the region as being "kidnapped by totalitarian communist-inspired regimes, supported by drug trafficking", and says that leftist groups hold an "ideological agenda" to destabilize liberal governments. The letter cites respect for the rule of law, separation of powers, and private property. It called for scholars, the media, and other groups to uphold the objectives of the Madrid Charter.
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Madrid Forum
The Madrid Forum (Spanish: Foro Madrid) is a conservative organization created on 26 October 2020 by the Disenso Foundation, think tank of the far-right Spanish political party Vox.
According to The Rio Times, the aim of the Madrid Forum, an anti-communist international organization with a "permanent structure and an annual action plan", is to be "an alternative" to the "two Latin American leftist platforms, the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group. The Sao Paulo Forum "comprises political and social forces, from the Brazilian Workers' Party to the Communist Party of Cuba"; the Puebla Group consists of "a handful of leftist politicians" including Alberto Fernández, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Pepe Mujica, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
The Madrid Charter is the manifesto of the Madrid Forum; it gathered more than 8,000 signers from throughout the world, with prominent signers Brazilian Eduardo Bolsonaro, Peruvian president-elect Keiko Fujimori and Chilean president Jose Antonio Kast. The Charter alerts that countries “hijacked by communist-inspired totalitarian regimes, supported by drug trafficking, under the umbrella of the Cuban regime" have advanced communism.
Vox introduced the project to the government of then United States president Donald Trump while visiting the United States in February 2019, with Santiago Abascal using his good relations with the administration to build support within the Republican Party and establish ties in America. In March 2019, Abascal tweeted an image of himself wearing a morion similar to a conquistador. Spanish newspaper ABC wrote that this event provided a narrative that "symbolizes in part the expansionist mood of Vox and its ideology far from Spain". On 3 March 2020, Abascal met with Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, to discuss the creation of the Madrid Forum.
The Madrid Forum was to hold its first event in Madrid in June 2020; it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Madrid Charter presented as an online document on 26 October 2020.
The Madrid Charter: In Defense of Freedom and Democracy in the Iberosphere (Spanish: Carta de Madrid: en defensa de la libertad y la democracia en la Iberosfera), also known as the Letter from Madrid, was a manifesto created on 26 October 2020 by the Disenso Foundation think tank of Vox. The document denounced left-wing organizations in Ibero-America, said these groups pose a threat to liberal democracy through communism.
With over 8,000 signatories, including over 400 parliamentarians as of 2023, the charter was also signed by conservative and some ultraconservative, and far-right politicians from the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula. Chilean politician José Antonio Kast, one of the document's signatories, proposed in October 2021 that the signatories of the Madrid Charter establish an International Anti-Radical Left Coordination, stating that "what is happening in Colombia is no coincidence. The model of the antisocial outbreak is repeated in Chile."
In the document, signatories define two entities; the first is an allied Iberosphere of nations holding the same roots to the Iberian Peninsula and the second are left-wing groups, such as the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group, which the charter describes as an enemy and threat to freedom. The letter condemns leftist groups as being under the influence of Cuba, stating that they are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime", describes part of the region as being "kidnapped by totalitarian communist-inspired regimes, supported by drug trafficking", and says that leftist groups hold an "ideological agenda" to destabilize liberal governments. The letter cites respect for the rule of law, separation of powers, and private property. It called for scholars, the media, and other groups to uphold the objectives of the Madrid Charter.
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