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Written by Hands Off Venezuela -- www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
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The National Assembly elections in Venezuela, which will take place on
September 26, will mark a turning point for the Bolivarian revolution.
What is at stake is not only who will have a majority in the National
Assembly, but the future of the revolutionary process itself. Hands Off Venezuela is organizing an International Day of Action in support of the revolution for 17th-18th September. In Canada, there will be solidarity events in four cities--Fredericton, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. As well, please sign the petition of support at www.handsoffvenezuela.org .
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Written by Julian Benson
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010 |
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On 8th May, about 40 people filled the OPSEU union hall in downtown
Toronto to listen to a report-back by Fightback editorial board
member Camilo Cahis, and Toronto Young New Democrats (TYND) Co-Chair
Jennie Ernewein. Both Camilo and Jennie were part of a Hands Off
Venezuela/Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” delegation to Venezuela.
Although the delegation was originally intended to participate in the
founding conference of the V International (which has now been postponed
until after the September parliamentary elections), the two comrades
were able to visit worker-controlled factories, participate in the
bi-centennial independence celebrations, talk to ordinary workers and
PSUV members, and were invited to attend the congress of the Marxists
within the PSUV.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela (Canada)
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 |
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On Tuesday 4th May, representatives from HOV/SBQ in Montreal and
HOV/CBLR in Toronto travelled to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to present on
the human rights situation in Venezuela. A parliamentary committee is set to report on Venezuelan human rights in September, at the same time as the crucial parliamentary elections in Venezuela. These hearings come at the same time as the Conservatives and Liberals have shut down debate on the human rights situation in Colombia.
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Written by Camilo Cahis in Caracas
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 |
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The 19th of April marked the 200th
anniversary of Venezuela’s independence from Spain. The mass
celebrations confirmed what was seen on the earlier April 13 rallies:
the masses are prepared to defend the gains made so far by the
Venezuelan revolution and this affects the ranks of the army who clearly
sympathise with the working people.
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Written by Camilo Cahis
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 |
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A delegation of comrades of the IMT from several countries is visiting
Venezuela, attending the congress of the Venezuelan Marxists and
bringing support for the formation of the Fifth International. On their
first day they were taken on a tour of the INAF factory, which has been
occupied by the workers and is under their management.
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Written by Camilo Cahis
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 |
With representatives from 7
different regions, the Venezuelan comrades held their re-founding
Congress of the Venezuelan section of the IMT in Caracas, taking the
opportunity to launch their new paper, “Lucha de Clases” (Class
Struggle). Also present were workers from three occupied factories
(INAF, Gotcha and INVEVAL). The comrades have had to deal with very
difficult internal conditions over the past year but the mood was one of
great enthusiasm and optimism, and they are committed to playing an
important role within the PSUV and the Venezuelan revolution.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela (Canada)
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Saturday, 27 March 2010 |
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Hands Off Venezuela, the Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel,” Latin@s, the
Latin American Solidarity Network, and the Venezuelan embassy and
Consulate-General in Toronto gathered for the launch meeting of the
Latin American Peace Initiative (LAPI), which seeks to prevent a new war
in Latin America. The need to build an anti-war campaign for Latin
America has gained a new impetus given last summer’s coup in Honduras
and recent attacks on Venezuela by Canada’s Peter Kent and the US’
Hillary Clinton.
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Written by Camilo Cahis
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
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The Canadian minister responsible for the Americas recently made a short
stop in Venezuela. While there, Peter Kent took the opportunity to
express the Canadian government’s concerns over the “shrinking
democratic space” in Venezuela.
Kent’s concerns could be laughable if it were not for the real threat
that countries like the US and Canada pose to Venezuela. Many will remember that it was Peter Kent who most vocally supported the coup d'etat in Honduras this summer. As well, it is Kent's Conservative government that has just suspended Parliament for the third time in as many years.
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Written by Emma Beaumont Savvas
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 |
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On Sunday, 13th September, Hands off Venezuela/Société Bolivarienne du Québec celebrated their one-year anniversary. Before their merger last September, HOV and SBQ were both doing similar work within the Latin America solidarity movement. After working together on numerous occasions, a general assembly of both organizations decided that a merger would allow for more coordinated work, and therefore more success in the general goal of supporting the revolutionary struggles of Latin American peoples. |
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Written by Maria Páez Victor (Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel"/Hands Off Venezuela)
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 |
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Last week Hands Off Venezuela and the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle were able to bring to Toronto one of the most creative leaders of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution, Julio Chávez. He is not related to President Hugo Chávez, but is often referred to in his country as “the other Chávez”. He came to give Canadians a very clear message -- that the people of Venezuela have assumed control of their natural resources, their government, and their destiny by taking it -- through clean and transparent elections -- from wealthy elites, clients of global capital, who had marginalized the great majority of Venezuelan for the past 40 years. |
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