The Grupo de Países Latinoamericanos y del Caribe Exportadores de Azúcar (Geplacea) will meet in Santo Domingo in October to determine the strategy of that organization in order to preserve and develop the sugar industry into the new century in view of world and regional prospects. Representatives from 23 countries are expected at the XXXIVth General Assembly of the organization that groups sugar exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event is endorsed by the FAO organization of the Untied Nations, the Asociación Latinoamericana de Desarrollo (Alade) and other international institutions. Geplacea has its headquarters in Mexico. For the event, the executive director of the organization, Luis Zedillo Ponce de León, brother of Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, is expected. Also Peter Baron, director of the International Sugar Organization, and top executives of the organizations. During the event symposiums on diversification and new technologies will be held, as well as other topics.
