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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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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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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Jorge Martin continued his North American tour with a stop in Oakland, CA on May 12. Roughly 25 people attended a meeting organised by the Venezuelan solidarity Network and San Francisco Hands off Venezuela. Martin spoke for more than an hour on the current state of the revolutionary processes of Venezuela.

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On May 9th-10th, Hands Off Venezuela held a two-day Western Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC. About 70 different people attended the sessions over the 2 days.

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Between May 6th and May 10th HOV held events in Portland Oregon, Olympia Washington and Victoria BC, before finishing up with the Western Canada HOV conference in Vancouver. It was a very successful tour which defended the Venezuelan revolution as well as laying the base for the formation of a number of HOV groups around the Pacific Northwest.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a collective contract with workers at the Sidor steel plant yesterday, formalizing an agreement reached between workers and the government last week. Also, Chavez signed the law-decree for the nationalization of Sidor.

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A very successful ten-day speaking tour by Antonio Betancourt of FRETECO in Venezuela was recently organised by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign in Sweden. He travelled the length and breadth of the country, raising the profile of HOV within the Swedish labour movement.

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