Montevideo hosts a progressive congress after three consecutive electoral defeats in the region

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More than a hundred lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries across the Americas gather from Friday at Uruguay's Legislative Palace in Montevideo for the third Pan-American Congress, a parliamentary forum of progressive forces running until Sunday.

Organisers put attendance at more than 150 participants.