Berron talked about the advances of the peoples summits and the permanent tribunals these past years against European transnational corporations. He said that there are many people “resisting” and that it is necessary to “work on articulation” through solidarity networks with social organizations from the countries where these companies come from.

He also made reference to the significant environmental abuses and the recurrent discourse among the actors participating in the official summits: “they are saying that we don’t propose alternatives, and that is false. There are many local experiences that deserve to be reproduced”.

An example of this is the “environmentally-friendly lifestyles” of native and Afro-descendant peoples. According to Berron, in the past years the rights of transnational corporations have expanded and are increasing with trade agreements, which will “lead us to a disaster”.

From his point of view, the Americas Summit in Cartagena is a space that has lost its essence and that it “doesn’t lead us anywhere". “It is also true that the Peoples Summit didn’t show a massive mobilization as in the past. We have to renovate the solidarity of our struggles at continental level”, he stated.