Latest from Hands Off Venezuela http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:05:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/maria_paez_intvw.htm In Toronto, Dr. Maria Paez Victor of the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle and a close colleague of Hands Off Venezuela, is interviewed by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: News and Analysis - General Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:11:39 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/venezuela_bolivariana_screened_in_london.htm On July 10th, 2008, more than fifty people attended a London screening of the 2004 documentary, Venezuela Bolivariana. The event was held in Bolívar Hall and was the third part of the film season, Venezuela: a revolution on film (http://venezuelarevolutionfilm.blogspot.com/), organised by Hands Off Venezuela in association with the Venezuelan Embassy. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:40:19 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/fact_finding_delegations_global_exchange.htm Here we provide our readers information about upcoming fact-finding delegations to Venezuela through Global Exchange, an international human rights organization. The aim is to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela for yourself. News - Latest Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:30:32 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/bush_protest_london.htm Members of Hands Off Venezuela attended the demonstration against George W Bush’s visit to the UK on Sunday 15 June, to express anger over the USA’s continuing threatening behaviour towards Venezuela. Read a full report here. News - Latest Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:10:02 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/letter_seized_farc_computers.htm An open letter by several intellectuals to Interpol, in which they demand the retraction of the May 15, 2008 press statement about the seized FARC computers. The letter reveals several contradictions in the Interpol statement. (Also in Spanish) News and Analysis - General Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:16:09 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/no_volveran_screened_in_amsterdam.htm There was successful screening of the No Voleveran film in Amsterdam recently, a joint initiative between the Bolivarian Circle in Holland and the Hands Off Venezuela campaign. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:20:14 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/film_screening_memory_plunder_in_london.htm About seventy people gathered yesterday, June 19, in London's Bolivar Hall to view Memory of a plunder by the Argentinean film director Fernando Pino Solanas. It was part of the film season Venezuela: a revolution on film, which is organised by Hands off Venezuela in association with the Venezuelan embassy in the UK. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:34:28 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/video_meeting_mohawk_nation.htm We publish here a video of a meeting between representatives of the Mohawk Nation and groups who support the Bolivarian Revolution, including Hands off Venezuela in Montreal. Audio & Video - Audio & Video Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:01:43 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/founding_conference_hov_finland.htm After two years of preparatory work the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign has now been set up officially in Finland, where already there is great interest in what is happening in Venezuela. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:07:44 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/transparency_international_wall_of_silence.htm What would you call an organisation that when caught making false allegations, refuses to answer legitimate questions or hold an investigation? Answer: Transparency International! News and Analysis - General Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:38:20 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/hov_at_cwu_conference_2008.htm The Communications Workers Union (CWU) invited Hands Off Venezuela along with other Latin American solidarity campaigns and guest speakers to speak at a Latin America fringe meeting held on the opening day of the Union's Annual Conference in Liverpool last Sunday. The CWU renewed their affiliation to Hands Off Venezuela, reaffirming the importance of the Venezuelan revolution to workers here in the UK. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:52:04 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/alternative_summit_report_back.htm 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. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:51:56 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/who_pays_opposition_students_venezuela.htm 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. News and Analysis - General Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:44:23 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/big_stakes_venezuela_november_regional_elections.htm 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. News and Analysis - General Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:19:44 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/celia_hart_jorge_martin_meeting_montreal.htm 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. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:29:37 +0100