Grupo de Puebla — Chronology

Chronology

Key events in chronological order. A ? flag marks dates not yet verified against a primary source.

1. 20192019-07-12/14

   Puebla, Mexico

   I Encuentro — founding

   Over 30 leaders from about 12 countries meet at the 'Encuentro Latinoamericano ProgresivaMente', driven by Marco Enríquez-Ominami with Alberto Fernández, Ernesto Samper and Aloizio Mercadante; the Declaración de Puebla (14 July) constitutes the group, with founding statements on progressive dialogue, 'lawfare' and Venezuela. López Obrador never joined: Morena was represented by its president Yeidckol Polevnsky — the 'AMLO patronage' framing belongs to critical outlets and is attributed.^{[1] [2] [47]}

2. 20192019-11-08/10

   Buenos Aires, Argentina

   II Encuentro — 'El cambio es el progresismo'

   32 leaders from 12 countries, hosted by president-elect Alberto Fernández; opened with a video message from Lula, freed from prison on 8 November: 'Estoy libre y con muchas ganas de pelear'.^{[7] [8] [9]}

3. 20192019-11-10/11

   Buenos Aires, Argentina

   Bolivia: the 'golpe' statement

   From Buenos Aires the group declares Evo Morales's ouster 'un golpe de estado', demands the interim government return power, and condemns 'arbitrary persecution of progressive leaders'.^{[10] [11]}

4. 20202020-01-24

   Santiago, Chile

   CLAJUD launched

   The Consejo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Democracia — agreed at the founding meeting per the official site — is publicly launched under ex-judge Baltasar Garzón to study 'lawfare' and human-rights cases; members include Carol Proner and Adoración Guamán, with E. Raúl Zaffaroni contributing to its publications.^{[12] [13]}

5. 20202020-04/07 ?

   Virtual

   The pandemic encuentros (III–VI)

   Four virtual encuentros with 30–60 leaders (per ES Wikipedia): 'Puebla–Chile' with the declaration 'En tiempos de pandemia, unidad en las propuestas', 'Puebla–Colombia', and the first-anniversary encuentro of July 2020.^{[14] [3] [15]}

6. 20212021-02-11/18 ?

   Virtual

   The Manifiesto Progresista

   A 33-point manifesto proposes a 'modelo solidario de desarrollo' as the alternative to neoliberalism; presentation dated 11 February by Cubadebate/teleSUR and 18 February by others — the divergence is recorded against the official PDF.^{[16] [17] [18]}

7. 20212021-11-29/12-01

   Mexico City, Mexico

   VII Encuentro

   About 200 leaders from 19 countries; members publicly endorse Gabriel Boric ahead of Chile's 19 December runoff.^{[19] [20]}

8. 20212021-12-13

   International

   The Assange letter

   The group and CLAJUD — with signatures including Lula, Dilma Rousseff, Samper and Lugo — demand Julian Assange's freedom after the Westminster extradition ruling; later statements after his 2024 release credited Correa's asylum decision.^{[21] [22]}

9. 20222022-11-10/11

   Santa Marta, Colombia

   VIII Encuentro

   About 150 leaders from 18 countries meet in newly Petro-governed Colombia; President Boric — not a member — sends a video greeting: 'Nos necesitamos más unidos que nunca'.^{[23] [24]}

10. 20232023-09-30/10-01 ?

    Puebla, Mexico

    IX Encuentro

    About 200 leaders from ~21 countries return to Puebla — in person Samper, Evo Morales, Correa, Zelaya, Leonel Fernández and Zapatero; virtually Lula, Mujica, Dilma and Alberto Fernández. The declaration warns of 'una derecha antidemocrática... con ideología fascista'. Dates diverge: 30 Sep–1 Oct (official/SELA) vs 1–3 Oct (ES Wikipedia) — recorded.^{[25] [26] [27]}

11. 20232023-12

    Argentina

    The Milei era opens

    After Javier Milei takes office the group calls his mega-decree 'un atropello al sistema republicano'; Milei's allies (Fundación Disenso) had cast him as 'the alternative to the Grupo de Puebla and the Foro de São Paulo' — a useful specimen of how right-wing discourse conflates the two organizations.^{[28] [30]}

12. 20242024-05-23

    International

    'Ocúpese de lo importante'

    After Milei mocks the group, it replies with the statement 'Ocúpese de lo importante'.^{[28] [29]}

13. 20242024-06-26/27 ?

    Bolivia

    The Zúñiga coup attempt

    The group repudiates the attempted coup in Bolivia; the Bolivian government's pushback to the statement is reported — single-source, flagged.^[31]

14. 20242024-06-28/29

    Tegucigalpa, Honduras

    X Encuentro — and the coexistence proof

    Hosted by President Xiomara Castro on the 15th anniversary of the 2009 coup against Zelaya; declaration 'Renovar el progresismo para relanzar la esperanza' and a call for a 'plan de acción para frenar el neofascismo'. Crucially for disambiguation: the Foro de São Paulo, the Grupo de Puebla, the Progressive International and CELAC Social all met the same week in Tegucigalpa as separate organizations.^{[32] [33] [34] [35]}

15. 20242024-07

    International

    Five-year self-assessment

    The group publishes its anniversary balance '5 años impulsando el cambio en Iberoamérica'.^[41]

16. 20242024-07/08

    Venezuela

    The Venezuela election controversy

    The group's statement on the 28 July 2024 election — 'monitoring the process, no external interference' — draws criticism including from within its own orbit; Emol titles it 'El complicado momento del Grupo de Puebla'.^{[36] [37]}

17. 20242024-08-09/10

    International

    Alberto Fernández suspended

    The co-founder's participation is suspended ('at his request') after Fabiola Yáñez's gender-violence complaint (filed 6 August 2024); right-leaning outlets criticize the group for not expelling him outright — attributed.^{[38] [39]}

18. 20242024-10

    Bolivia

    Defense of Evo Morales

    Statements of concern over a 'lawfare campaign' against Morales (4 October) and rejection of the alleged assassination attempt against him (27 October).^[40]

19. 20252025-05-13

    Montevideo, Uruguay

    Death of Pepe Mujica

    José 'Pepe' Mujica, member and moral reference of the group, dies at 89; the group's tribute: 'despide al hombre que sirvió sin privilegios'.^{[42] [43]}

20. 20252025-07 ?

    Santiago, Chile

    'Democracia Siempre' — not a GdP event

    The summit of sitting presidents (Lula, Boric, Petro, Sánchez, Orsi) is a presidents' initiative that the Grupo de Puebla merely endorsed (statement of 24 July 2025) — included to prevent conflation.^[44]

21. 20252025-12-24 ?

    International

    Joint statement with the Progressive International

    The Grupo de Puebla and the Progressive International jointly condemn the US 'economic war' on Venezuela, signed by leaders from ~20 countries — confirming the two are distinct organizations that co-sign.^[45]

22. 20262026-05/07 ?

    International

    2026 activity

    From the official comunicados page (retrieved July 2026): statements on Bolivia's crisis (May), celebration of member Iván Cepeda reaching Colombia's presidential runoff (31 May), a virtual meeting of leaders from 23 countries (June), and a lawfare statement regarding Spain (July). No XI Encuentro has been held as of July 2026 — the official index still ends at Tegucigalpa.^{[6] [5]}

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