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5th World Social Forum. By Debra Anthony & Jose Silva
31 Jan 2005
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Inter Press New Agency (1/31/05)
The biggest edition of the WSF ever finished on January 31 by reading the numbers of the V WSF and the definitions of the International Council for 2006 and 2007. More than 200,000 people took part in the Forum opening march in Porto Alegre. In total, there have been 155,000 participants, of whom 35,000 stayed in the Youth Camp and 6,880 were lecturers. People from 135 countries have been involved in 2,500 activities and 2,800 volunteers helped in the event. It has been defined that in 2006 the World Social Forum will be descentralized and it will happen in many different places in the world and in 2007 it will take place in Africa.
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