This project brings together 400 local governments from 11 countries in the region, where more than 120 million people reside. The 29th Mercociudades Summit took place in Esteban Echeverría from December 4 to 6.
The mayor of Esteban Echeverría, Fernando Gray, assumed the presidency of Mercociudades for the period 2024-2025, within the framework of the end of the 29th Mercociudades Summit that took place in the aforementioned Buenos Aires municipality. In detail, this international network It brings together 400 local governments from 11 countries in the region, where more than 120 million people reside.
87 mayors participated in the Summit and representatives of important cities from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Senegal and France, and also authorities from European Union organizations. “We must work side by side to achieve a new global governance architecture with a more equitable redistribution of powerwhich allows us to respond to the climatic, social, economic, institutional and violence emergencies that humanity faces today,” said Fernando Gray, accompanied by Ricardo Luis Reis Nunes, prefect of San Pablo and outgoing president of Mercociudades.
Fernando Gray took over as president of the Mercociudades
Upon his inauguration as the new president of Mercociudades, the communal chief stated: “We have to continue working to forge fairer, more inclusive cities, towns and territoriessustainable, resilient and democratic. I am extremely grateful for all the ideas and contributions that have nourished our work days based on the exchange in each of the thematic unit meetings” and added: “We Mercociudades must strengthen ourselves to achieve greater visibility of the needs of our region, embracing the 2030 Agenda and its objectives sustainable development. We must fight for a more just, sensitive, habitable and safe Latin America for all identities.”
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Esteban Echeverría Municipality
“In November 2025, Mercocities will celebrate 30 years and we will have the honor of being able to celebrate this great milestone for the Latin American municipalism at the service of peace, the common good, inclusion, harmony with the environment and resilience. For this reason, I wish to praise the role of local governments, which, voluntarily, come together to work in cooperation for a safer future and a more habitable planet for present and future generations,” said the mayor.
Finally, Fernando Gray highlighted: “When I assumed my first presidency of Mercociudades in 2021 we were close 300 cities. Today we are 380 and in this summit we are going to incorporate 15 more cities. Let’s continue to advance as a network and convene more local governments. Let us continue working with the commitment to forge ties of parity and horizontality between genders, generations, ethnicities and cultures in all areas of community life.”
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Esteban Echeverría Municipality
Present at the inauguration were: Ricardo Luis Reis Nunes, mayor of São Paulo, Rodrigo Neves Barret, mayor of Niterói and Ary Vanazzi, mayor of São Leopoldo (Brazil); Marcelo Metediera, mayor of Canelones, and Fabiana Goyeneche, director of International Relations and Cooperation of Montevideo (Uruguay); Abdoulaye Timbo, mayor of Pikine (Senegal); Hassan Hmani, deputy mayor of Nanterre (France); Juan Pablo Poletti, mayor of Santa Fe (Argentina), and mayors and representatives of other Latin American cities that make up the network.
Source: Ambito
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