Out from the Shadows Merida -- First Day Afternoon
First Day PM:
Political Leaders
Cong. Gregorio Urias Germann, Sinaloa, Mexico, Introduced by Gustavo de Greiff
Gregorio Urias Germann, Mexican congressman from Sinaloa, delivers luncheon keynote address. Urias was introduced by former Colombian attorney general Gustavo de Greiff.
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Out from the Shadows Merida -- First Day Luncheon
First day luncheon speakers
Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Eric Sterling, emcee of the Out from the Shadows conference, gives opening remarks about his trip to Latin America with US Congressmen as he served as council to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
Felipe Quispe, Bolivian Federal Deputy
Felipe Quispe is the Congressman and El Mallku (high leader) of the indigenous Aymara Nation.
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Gustavo De Greiff, former Prosecutor General
Gustavo De Greiff is the former Prosecutor General of Columbia, and presided over take down the famous drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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Marco Perduca, executive director LIA
Remarks given by Marco Perduca, executive director of the International Antiprohibitionist League.
Out from the Shadows: Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century
DRAFT
Out from the Shadows was an international conference series, whose main event was a conference the city of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico from February __ to 13.
Marco Cappato, Member European Parliament, "Out from the Shadows" Drug Legalization Summit
Marco Cappato, Member European Parliament and leader with Italy's nonviolent Radicali movement, was a major partner in our 2003 conference, Out from the Shadows: Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century. Following is video footage of his keynote address, via YouTube (three files).
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Statement of Fernando Gabeira, Parliament of Brazil, "Out from the Shadows" Drug Legalization Summit
Brazilian activist Luis Paulo Guanabara emcees and reads statement from Fernando Gabeira, Member of Parliament, Brazil, opening session of Out from the Shadows: Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century, February 2003, via YouTube: