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—
Roberto Ochoa : Indigenous Peoples, Living Memory, and Food Sovereignty
rom a city of craftsmanship and manufacturing in Ecuador, surrounded by diverse agricultural and agroecological rurality, Roberto Enrique Ochoa Dávila —member of the RIPESS LAC Indigenous Peoples Commission and the Intercultural Association of Yachak Aiyapu Pumapungo— carries in his bag the spiritual, cultural, and political strength of Indigenous peoples, deeply connected to the Chakra, the land, and the universe. In [...]
Guatemala moves forward in recognizing SSE: new ILO diagnostic report
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with Guatemala’s Ministry of Economy, has published the “Summary of the diagnostic and mapping of the social and solidarity economy in Guatemala”, a key document that highlights the transformative role of SSE in the country. The study presents the Social and Solidarity Economy as a set of entities that combine economic, social, and [...]
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights decides that care is an autonomous right
RIPESS celebrates and is pleased to inform that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued its Advisory Opinion OC-31/25, in response to a request submitted in 2023 by the Argentine Republic, affirming that care constitutes an autonomous human right. This opinion, adopted on June 12, 2025, and notified today, August 7, 2025, addresses the content and scope of the right to care, its [...]
