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Invited by the Government of the Province of Santa Fe, a representation of the Basque Government, the President of the Basque Confederation of Cooperatives, Javier Goienetxea and the Regional Director for South America of Copreci, Danel Ayastuy presented the situation of the Basque cooperative movement in the First Co-operative Congress, held in Santa Fé, 500 km away from Buenos Aires Argentina.

This massive event, which attracted more than 800 attendees, allowed the Argentinian cooperatives learn more about the reality of the cooperative movement in the Basque Country. Copreci was the first company within the Mondragón Corporation that established a production plant overseas, in 1989 opened Copreci de Mexico in Jalisco, this was followed by other locations in Holland, USA, Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, Brazil and China .

The conference was preceded by the execution of an agreement between the Basque Government and the Government of the Province of Santa Fe, which will give a general framework for the development of relations in the social economy between the two entities.