We have received this letter from the ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the UK thanking Hands Off Venezuela for its role in the demonstration in defence of the embassy on April 20.
We put together this small compilation of clips where Hugo Chávez talks about imperialism, capitalism and the need to struggle for socialism as the only way forward for the Hands Off Venezuela campaign 2013 in London.
We are publishing here the full text of the statement by the Venezuelan government in response to the provocative declarations of US president Obama in Mexico. We are ready to respond to the call made: "we call all friends of the Venezuelan cause to display the most active solidarity with our people."
Over 50 activists, trade unionists, youth and Latin American activists, met in London on May 4 to discuss about the legacy of Hugo Chávez and the challenges facing the Bolivarian revolution. The meeting reaffirmed our rejection of the opposition claims of electoral fraud and renewed our commitment to defend the democratically expressed will of the Venezuelan people to elect Nicolás Maduro as president.
On April 29, Jorge Martin from the Hands Off Venezuela campaign was interviewed by Sylvia Richardson from Latin Waves on the results of the Venezuelan presidential election on April 14, the claims by the opposition that there had been fraud and the challenges facing the Venezuelan revolution.
The Hands Off Venezuela National Conference will be held in London on Saturday 4 May. Come to discuss the legacy of Hugo Chávez, the April 14 presidential election results and the challenges facing the Bolivarian revolution.
All around the world there were rallies, pickets and meetings against the attempted coup in Venezuela and in support of the revolution. Here are some accounts of those.
We reproduce here this excellent Factsheet on the Venezuelan presidential election, produced by the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States
On Saturday 13th f April, 50 students came to listen to Andreas Bülow, from the Hands Off Venezuela campaign i Denmark, talking about the Venezuelan revolution and the herritage of Hugo Chavez. The meeting was organized by the socialist student organisation Smålands Nation and was chaired by their representative, Tomas Kristoffersson.
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