LASC is a membership based organisation. Membership is made up of individuals who share a passion for real social change in Latin America and Ireland and who believe that peace with justice and equality for all can come only through genuine participation of everyone in society's decision making. Thus, we encourage the opening of the traditional exclusive political systems of Latin America to new forms of participatory and direct democracy, and we oppose the long tradition of foreign intervention in Latin American affairs.  

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In 1995 the Irish Nicaragua Support Group commissioned research, with funding from the NCDE, on the feasibility of setting up a Latin America Centre in Ireland. The positive conclusions were reported to the INSG AGM of November that year.