Who we are
RIPESS LAC is a continental network that brings together various community-based, associative, co-operative and mutual organisations as well as citizens’ movements that work towards the implementation of solidarity economy in Latin America. We contribute the production and sharing of resources and knowledge that creates the basis of an alternative movement to the current capitalist system.
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Brazil
- GRESP (Grupo Red de Economía Solidaria del Perú)
- MESSE (Movimiento de Economía Social Solidaria del Ecuador)
- RET (Red de Economías Territoriales Wallmapu de Chile)
- MNESC (Mesa Nacional de Economía Solidaria de Colombia)
- REDESOL (Red de Organizaciones de Economía Solidaria de República Dominicana)
- Foro Brasileño de Economía Solidaria (FBES)
- Movimiento de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo de Bolivia (MESyCEJB)
- Red de Economía Social Solidaria (RedESS) de Costa Rica
- Red Peruana de Comercio Justo y Consumo Ético (RPCJyCE)
- Centro de Investigación Económica Mundial (CIEM) de Cuba
- Coordinadora de Economía Solidaria y Comercio Justo (CESCJ) de Uruguay
- Red Mexicana de Comercio Comunitario (REMECC)
- Confederación AGROSOLIDARIA de Colombia
- PECOSOL de Guatemala
- Instituto de Economía Social y Cooperativismo (INDESCO) Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Red Nacional de Investigadores y Educadores en Cooperativismo y Economía Solidaria (REDCOOP) de México
- Red Nicaragüense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC)
- Red ECOSOL México
- Red Cubana de Economía Social y Solidaria y Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (ESORSE)
- Comunidad Nacional de Circuitos Económicos Solidarios (CONACES)
- Red Nacional de Investigadores y Educadores en Cooperativismo y Economía Solidaria (REDCOOP) de México
- Instituto de Cooperativismo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
- Red de Economía Social Solidaria del municipio de Mecapaca RESS-Mecapaca
- Foro de Economías Transformadoras y Alternativas de Colombia FSMET
News from Latin Amercia and the Caribbean—
RIPESS participates in ECOOVIDA 2026: Solidarity to Sow Life
RIPESS will once again participate in the International Meeting of Economies for Life – ECOOVIDA 2026, which will take place in Cartagena (Colombia) from 21 to 23 February 2026, under the theme “Solidarity to sow life.” This participation continues the active involvement of RIPESS members in the previous editions, ECOOVIDA 2024 and 2025, where experiences, learnings and proposals from the [...]
RIPESS congratulates the new GSEF Governance 2026–2028 and celebrates the strengthened presence of its members in the Committee
We celebrate the election of the new Governance Committee of the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) for the 2026–2028 term, an important step to continue strengthening a representative, diverse, and values‑aligned governance for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). The new governance model adopted by GSEF introduces five weighted voting colleges and reserved seats for youth, solidarity finance, and research, [...]
RIPESS condemns war escalation in Venezuela and echoes call for peace, sovereignty and justice
RIPESS strongly condemns the grave violation of the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela represented by the recent military intrusion of the United States, including the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and the subsequent bombing of Caracas and the states of Miranda, La Guaira and Aragua. These acts constitute an unacceptable attack [...]
