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Venezuela Condemns “Criminal” Israeli Attack and Expels Israeli Ambassador

Created: 08 January 2009
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli bombing of Gaza in a statement released on December 27, 2008, expressing its “profound indignation” over the “criminal attack,” and urged the Israeli government to adhere to the United Nations Charter. Later Venezuela has expelled the Israeli ambassador to protest against the country's assault on Gaza, after the Venezuelan president described it as a "holocaust".

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Bourgeois press attacks on HOV Germany and left Social Democrats who signed a HOV petition

Created: 19 December 2008
The activities of HOV in Germany were highlighted last Sunday in newspaper and online articles issued by the Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ), a major mouthpiece and "central organ" of the ruling class and a sort of equivalent of the The Times in Britain.

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More Than 100 Latin America Experts Question Human Rights Watch’s Venezuela Report

Created: 19 December 2008
In an open letter to the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch, over 100 experts on Latin America criticized the organization’s recent report on Venezuela, A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela, saying that it “does not meet even the most minimal standards of scholarship, impartiality, accuracy, or credibility.”

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BBC: Changing the facts "in simplifying the tale"

Created: 15 December 2008
Editorial Committee of BBC Trust upheld Ecuador´s complaint and admitted the breach of the guidelines on accuracy.

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Canada: BC Federation of Labour Endorses Hands Off Venezuela

Created: 12 December 2008
On Friday November 28th 1200 trade unionists at the BC Federation of Labour convention voted unanimously to endorse the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign.  The Federation represents 450,000 union members in British Columbia.  This victory for the Venezuelan solidarity movement came after years of patient work with and within the labour movement.

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Brazilians Condemn the Killing of 3 Trade Union Leaders and Show Support for Venezuelan Revolution

Created: 11 December 2008
Over 30 activists turned up at the Venezuelan Consulate in Rio at lunch time to express their outrage at the assassination of 3 trade unionists and to show solidarity for the workers of Venezuela.

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[Video] Speeches from British HOV Conference

Created: 11 December 2008
If you missed the national conference of British HOV this year, you get another chance to experience it here. See the speeches made by Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary, Samuel Moncada, Venezuelan ambassador, John McDonnell, MP, Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary and Jesus Pino, Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers here.

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[Video] Interview with Jesus Pino

Created: 10 December 2008

Jesus Pino, a representative of the Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers at SIDOR in Venezuela, visited Britain at the end of November 2008, invited by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign to attend its National Conference in London. The interview is in Spanish with English subtitles.

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New Zealand "No Volveran" screening

Created: 08 December 2008
On Saturday, December 5, John Peterson, National Secretary of the U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Campaign, presented the film "No Volveran" in Wellington, New Zealand. Some 30 people came out to see the film.

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