Hands Off Venezuela

Report back from Peruvian Alternative Summit in London

: Created: 12 June 2008

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.

Who pays the opposition students in Venezuela?

: Created: 06 June 2008

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.

Big Stakes in Venezuela’s November Regional Elections

: Created: 04 June 2008

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.

Celia Hart and Jorge Martin speak to a packed meeting in Montreal

: Created: 03 June 2008

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.

Report of film screening “The hour of the furnaces” in London

: Created: 03 June 2008

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).

Boris the Barbarian scraps London-Caracas oil deal

: Created: 30 May 2008

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.

Controversy Erupts Over Nominations for PSUV Candidacies in Venezuela

: Created: 29 May 2008

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.

United Socialist Party of Venezuela Gets Ready to Choose Candidates for Regional Elections

: Created: 29 May 2008

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.

[Video] Jorge Martin speaking in Minneapolis about the Venezuelan Revolution

: Created: 28 May 2008

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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