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  • Some impressions from Venezuela
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Andreas Bülow visiting Caracas Wednesday, 09 November 2005
    “It is never too late for the masses to begin to hew their road to freedom. Pessimism and scepticism are luxuries for the few. The masses have no other choice except to fight for their lives and the future of their children.” - Felix Morrow, Revolution and Counter-revolution in Spain
    In Venezuela things are moving at an incredible speed. The above quoted lines are very apt to describe the mood that exists here. When you (…)

  • Letter from Venezuela
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Julie Tuesday, 07 March 2006
    Dear All,
    My apologies for sending round one of these here round robins but it is the best I can do in the time I have...
    Well, there is simply TOO MUCH to tell you all about this revolution here, but perhaps the most important thing is that it is happening all over the country and is being carried forward not by the officials and bureaucrats but the ordinary people who through a massive effort of will and as an expression of love, conviction and (…)

  • Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba Demonstration in Washington, DC MAY 20, 2006
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba Demonstration in Washington, DC MAY 20, 2006
    WHEREAS, Washington, under the Bush Administration, with bipartisan support in the US Congress, has an open policy of overturning the Cuban government and destroying the Cuban Revolution. WHEREAS, the US government has openly allocated millions of dollars towards that end, including direct payments to its clients and agents inside Cuba, the so-called dissidents. WHEREAS, US citizens and legal residents continue to be (…)

  • CHAVEZ : “Socialism will help to find a solution to poverty and misery”
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/socialism_solution_poverty_misery.htm By National Radio of Venezuela Tuesday, 16 May 2006
    The head of the Venezuelan State attended a mass rally where British people and the London Mayor Ken Livingstone showed their support for the Bolivarian Revolution and its leader, Hugo Chávez Frías.
    As planned, this Sunday May 14, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, addressed a mass rally at the Camden Centre, organised by (…)

  • LONDON : Hugo Chávez Addresses Mass Rally Organised by Hands Off Venezuela
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1728
    Hugo Chávez Addresses Mass Rally Organised by Hands Off Venezuela
    Sunday, May 14, 2006
    By: Hands Off Venezuela Chavez addresses enthusiastic crowd at Hands Off Venezuela event in Vienna, Austria.
    Last night at the Arena cultural centre in Vienna, President Chavez spoke to an audience of 5,000 enthusiastic young people in a mass meeting organised by Hands off Venezuela and Cuba, the Austrian section of the HOV international solidarity (…)

  • Chavez Advocates Socialism to European Summit
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1964
    Chavez Advocates Socialism to European Summit
    Sunday, May 14, 2006 By: Stephen Castle - The Independent
    The Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez, yesterday paved the way for a politically-explosive visit to London this weekend as lambasted Tony Blair’s brand of free market economics and said Europe should note the rise of socialism in Latin America.
    Mr Chavez’s rhetoric put him centre stage at a summit in Vienna as he claimed that (…)

  • Venezuela Proposes Discounted Heating Oil to Low-Income Europeans
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1966
    Monday, May 15, 2006 By: Venezuelanalysis.com
    Caracas, Venezuela, May 15, 2006-Yesterday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez proposed providing a low cost heating oil program to low income Europeans. The proposal comes after Venezuelan subsidiary Citgo provided a well received heating oil subsidy to hundreds of thousands of households across six states in the US.
    “I want to modestly offer help to the poorest people who in winter, don’t have (…)

  • Solidarity Street Demonstrations to Demand US Keep Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Solidarity Street Demonstrations To Demand US Keep Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba - by Stephen Lendman
    Maybe it’s just a coincidence that just days before an international expression of solidarity demanding the US keep its hands off Venezuela and Cuba, Rep. Dan Burton (a right wing Republican in good standing) introduced an anti-Venezuelan resolution in the US House of Representatives. His resolution on May 11 was just another step along the way in the Bush administration’s fourth attempt (…)

  • US imposes arms ban on Venezuela
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    US imposes arms ban on Venezuela
    Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Duncan Campbell Tuesday May 16, 2006 The Guardian
    The US finally reacted to goading by the Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chávez, by slapping a full arms ban on the country last night, claiming it had failed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism.
    Janelle Hironimus, a state department spokeswoman, said Venezuela had forged close relations with Iran and Cuba, both classified by the US as state sponsors of terrorism. She (…)

  • Revolution in the Camden air as Chávez - with amigo Ken - gets a hero’s welcome
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Revolution in the Camden air as Chávez - with amigo Ken - gets a hero’s welcome
    · Show of solidarity for Venezuelan president · Three-hour speech wins over 800-strong crowd
    Duncan Campbell and Jonathan Steele Monday May 15, 2006 The Guardian
    Hugo Chávez addresses crowds of supporters at the Camden Centre in London. Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/PA
    He has been called a terrorist by Washington but for three and a half hours yesterday in London he could do no wrong. An adoring audience (…)