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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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An open letter by several intellectuals to Interpol, in which they demand the retraction of the May 15, 2008 press statement about the seized FARC computers. The letter reveals several contradictions in the Interpol statement. (Also in Spanish)
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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There was successful
screening of the No Voleveran film in Amsterdam recently, a joint
initiative between the Bolivarian Circle in Holland and the Hands Off Venezuela
campaign.
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
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About seventy people gathered yesterday, June 19, in London's Bolivar Hall to view "Memory of a
plunder" by the Argentinean film director Fernando "Pino" Solanas. It was part
of the film season Venezuela:
a revolution on film, which is organised by Hands off Venezuela in
association with the Venezuelan embassy in the UK.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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We publish here a video of a meeting between representatives of the
Mohawk Nation and groups who support the Bolivarian Revolution,
including Hands off Venezuela in Montreal.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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After two years of preparatory work the Hands Off Venezuela
Campaign has now been set up officially in Finland,
where already there is great interest in what is happening in Venezuela.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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What would you call an organisation that when caught making false allegations, refuses to answer legitimate questions or hold an investigation? Answer: Transparency International!
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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The Communications Workers Union (CWU) invited Hands Off Venezuela
along with other Latin American solidarity campaigns and guest speakers to
speak at a Latin America fringe meeting held on the opening day of the Union's
Annual Conference in Liverpool last Sunday. The CWU
renewed their affiliation to Hands Off Venezuela, reaffirming the importance of
the Venezuelan revolution to workers here in the UK.
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
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For its special monthly meeting, HOV London invited Andy Higginbottom from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign to give a report back on the alternative summit held in Peru recently at the same time as the official EU - Latin American summit.
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
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Opposition students in Venezuela are depicted as poor
victims of an authoritarian regime. The world media pick up on this and repeat
the fairy tale until people start to believe it. But these students are such
victims that they receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in the form of the
"Milton Friedman Liberty Prize". Friedman's Chicago Boys were also
advisers to Pinochet, no doubt also seen as a "victim" by these people.
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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The democratic primaries held by the 5.7-million-strong United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on June 1, to choose candidates for the November 23 regional elections for mayors and governors, are crucial for re-engaging and revitalising the grassroots of the Chavista movement to push the revolution forward.
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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On May 28th, close to 200 people attended a very successful
conference on Cuba and Venezuela, entitled "Cuba
after Fidel, Venezuela at the Crossroads." Hands
off Venezuela Montreal and the Bolivarian Society of Quebec, in collaboration
with the International Marxist Tendency and Gauche Socialiste, organized the
event.
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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Over seventy people
gathered on Wednesday, May 21, at London's
Bolivar Hall for the opening of the film season Venezuela: a revolution in film, which is organised
by Hands off Venezuela in association
with the Venezuelan embassy in the UK. (Also in Spanish).
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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A few days ago London's Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, scrapped
the discounted oil deal with the Venezuelan government which allowed half price
bus fares for Londoners on income support.
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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Controversies erupted in the past few days over the nomination process
for candidates for the upcoming November gubernatorial and mayoral
elections. One of these controversies, involving a popular mayor who
wants to run for governor of his state was resolved following President
Chavez's intervention.
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is set to organize a
300,000 strong network of “permanent mobilization” to carry out
political activity “including the defense of Venezuelan sovereignty,”
according to Darío Vivas, head of the PSUV’s Events and Mobilization
Commission.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
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During his Hands Off Venezuela tour through Canada and the USA, Jorge Martin gave a speech at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis on May 17.
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Monday, 26 May 2008 |
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On May 11th, 2008 the Workers International League (WIL) in cooperation
with the US Hands Off Venezuela campaign, hosted Jorge Martin,
international secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, in San Francisco as
part of his North American tour.
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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The
Latin America House in London
screened No Volverán: The Venezuelan Revolution Now! last
night at it's Cine Club. Sixteen people were present including the film makers
(both Hands Off Venezuela members) who were there for the discussion
afterwards.
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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On May 20th, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign [HOV], the Workers
International League [WIL] and the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of
NYC co-sponsored a discussion on Revolutionary Latin America, which
focused on Venezuela. The two speakers were Marcos Garcia, labor
attache from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC and Jorge Martin
from the international Hands Off Venezuela Campaign.
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
Jorge Martin continued his North American tour with a public meeting on May 17 at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis, MN. Some 70 people turned up for the event, with several trade unionists in attendance.
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