German HOV Supporters visit Venezuelan Consulate

German HOV Supporters visit Venezuelan Consulate to hand over Petitions calling for the nationalisation of Venepal

Well over 1,000 signatures collected by German HOV supporters in recent weeks and months were handed over by a delegation of eight activists to the Venezuelan General Consulate in Frankfurt last Thursday. The signatures on the sheets included those of several euro MPs, regional MPs, shop stewards and union full timers, student activists and artists. Those signatures that had been collected only in recent weeks referred to the occupation of the Venepal factory in Morón (Carabobo), demanding that the enterprise should nationalised by the Venezuelan government and placed under workers' control.

Although the visit was of a rather spontaneous character and had not been coordinated with the consulate beforehand, César Osvelio Méndez González, the Consul General, gave us a warm welcome and spent well over an hour discussing with the delegation on the development in Venezuela in recent years.

"We have been following events in your country since the failed coup in 2002 with sympathy and solidarity", said Hans-Gerd Öfinger as he handed over the pile of sheets to César Osvelio Méndez González: "Whereas elsewhere in the world governments are busy attacking the rights and living standards of working people, in Venezuela real social reforms in the interest of the poor are on the order of the day. The revolutionary process in Venezuela shows that another road is possible".

The Consul General who proudly confessed his commitment to the Bolivarian movement appreciated our solidarity and outlined the development in Venezuela since the early 1990es. He emphasised how president Chávez had been repeatedly strengthened by democratic elections and handed over a copies of the new Venezuelan constitution. He vividly described the events in April, 2002, when a conspiracy of employers, opposition parties, some military men and the U.S. and the right-wing Spanish government tried to establish a right wing dictatorship.

Hans-Gerd Öfinger explained that HOV in Germany was fighting for the recognition of the new militant union federation, UNT, and for the building of direct links between German unions and the UNT.

See photos here:

http://www.derfunke.de/rubrik/international/amerika/venezuela/unterschriftenliste_venezuela.html

German HOV Supporters visit Venezuelan Consulate to hand over Petitions calling for the nationalisation of Venepal

Well over 1,000 signatures collected by German HOV supporters in recent weeks and months were handed over by a delegation of eight activists to the Venezuelan General Consulate in Frankfurt last Thursday. The signatures on the sheets included those of several euro MPs, regional MPs, shop stewards and union full timers, student activists and artists. Those signatures that had been collected only in recent weeks referred to the occupation of the Venepal factory in Morón (Carabobo), demanding that the enterprise should nationalised by the Venezuelan government and placed under workers' control.

Although the visit was of a rather spontaneous character and had not been coordinated with the consulate beforehand, César Osvelio Méndez González, the Consul General, gave us a warm welcome and spent well over an hour discussing with the delegation on the development in Venezuela in recent years.

"We have been following events in your country since the failed coup in 2002 with sympathy and solidarity", said Hans-Gerd Öfinger as he handed over the pile of sheets to César Osvelio Méndez González: "Whereas elsewhere in the world governments are busy attacking the rights and living standards of working people, in Venezuela real social reforms in the interest of the poor are on the order of the day. The revolutionary process in Venezuela shows that another road is possible".

The Consul General who proudly confessed his commitment to the Bolivarian movement appreciated our solidarity and outlined the development in Venezuela since the early 1990es. He emphasised how president Chávez had been repeatedly strengthened by democratic elections and handed over a copies of the new Venezuelan constitution. He vividly described the events in April, 2002, when a conspiracy of employers, opposition parties, some military men and the U.S. and the right-wing Spanish government tried to establish a right wing dictatorship.

Hans-Gerd Öfinger explained that HOV in Germany was fighting for the recognition of the new militant union federation, UNT, and for the building of direct links between German unions and the UNT.

See photos here:

http://www.derfunke.de/rubrik/international/amerika/venezuela/unterschriftenliste_venezuela.html