Sunday 27 was the largest Latin American political meeting that had the United Kingdom. Some 600 Latino gathered at the sports center of Elephant and Castle to discuss with the candidates from seven Parties presented to the London elections.For the first time candidates in British elections speakers Hispanic and luso approached the community to try to win your vote and to convey their proposals. They were the candidates for mayor by the Conservative Party (Boris Johnson), demo-liberal (Brian Paddick) and left (Lindsey German). The labour Mayor commanded as their spokesman Jeremy Corbyn parliamentarian who was the only one to speak in Spanish. Also attended by candidates to the Assembly of the Greens (Shane Collins) London, (Linda Smith and John Mulrenan) Respect, (Caroline Pidgeon) liberal and Communist (Julie Crawford). Demo-Liberals also brought the President of his party (Simon Hughes) and their previous candidate to the European Parliament (Jonathan Fryers). Never before so many British politicians are they had gathered to make their schemes to the Latino community and listen to them. The meeting was initially started at 2: 00 pm at commercial galleries of South shops where graced the dance we are Peru group and where it was reported about the problems of two major shopping malls South American London: Elephant and Castle and Seven Sisters.
Both Latino jobs are threatened by closure or development works that are marginalising them or more expensive taxes or rents. Raul Mancera explained that there is a tendency to go throwing to ethnic markets to make way for luxury homes and merchants of different ethnic groups should join to it. Due to the large number of people the meeting moved to the greater local area. Simon Hughes, President of liberalism, said that he is doing everything to prevent the deportation of the Ecuadorian journalist Paul Fierro, former director of Radio Vision, who is in jail due to problems of documentation, despite carrying eight years in this country.