Latest from Hands Off Venezuela http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:19:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/honduras_coup_protest_london.htm A second lively picket against the coup in Honduras took place in London on July 3rd. Members of the Latin American community, solidarity and left wing activists gathered outside the embassy to demand the reinstatement of president Zelaya. A letter was handed in to the Minister Counsellor who refused to meet any of the protestors. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:47:13 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/honduras_coup_protest_montreal.htm Not only in the streets of Honduras, all over the world people have staged rallies in solidarity with the struggle of the Honduras people. Here in Montreal, two solidarity rallies have been organized by Latin America solidarity groups whereby Hands Off Venezuela/Société Bolivarian du Quebéc supported and joined. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:57:17 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/honduras_coup_protest_sf.htm With a military coup occurring in Honduras to oust president Manuel Zeleya on Sunday, a protest was held on Monday afternoon, June 29, in front of the Honduran consulate in San Francisco. With less than 24 hours notice, we had an attendance of approximately 150 people, many of them Honduran. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:52:01 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/venezuela_solidarity_amsterdam_09.htm This is a report from the HOV delegation to the first all-European gathering of Venezuela solidarity organisations in Amsterdam with over 100 participants from different solidairty organisations around Europe. The HOV delegation consisted of comrades from Poland, Hungary, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Germany and Portugal. News and Analysis - General Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:14 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/defend_democracy_honduras_toronto.htm The Latin America Solidarity Network in Toronto is has organised a rally where they will demand that the Canadian government takes measures against the coup in Honduras. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:44:43 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/london_protest_honduran_coup.htm On June 30 at 5 pm, about 80 activists from solidarity campaigns, trade unions and left wing organisations gathered outside the Honduras embassy in London to reject the military coup against president Mel Zelaya and demand his immediate reinstatement.  Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:36:07 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/minneapolis_protest_honduran_coup.htm On Monday, June 29, an emergency picket was called in front of the Federal building in downtown Minneapolis, MN to protest the coup in Honduras. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:10:11 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/letter_from_iran_jun_2009.htm We received this letter from a supporter of HOV in Iran. He expresses his support for the Bolivarian Revolution but criticizes Chavez's relations with the Islamic republic. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Messages Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:36:18 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/chavez_calls_for_protests_against_honduran_coup.htm Caracas, June 29th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for all Latin American governments to organize demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Honduras at an emergency meeting of the nine member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for Our Americas (ALBA) in Mangaua, Nicaragua, Sunday night. News and Analysis - General Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:38:54 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/britain_edm_honduras_tabled.htm Supporters of Hands Off Venezuela in the British Parliament have tabled an EDM calling for the immediate reinstatment of the government of Honduras. We welcome this initiative and ask that our supporters in Britain encourage their MPs to sign it. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:06:07 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/declaration_honduras_hov_finland.htm This is a statement by HOV Finland against the coup. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Messages Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:42:24 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/no_to_coup_honduras_statement_of_psm.htm We have received this statement from the Socialist Party of Malaysia. They condemn the coup and demand that the government of Honduras get reinstated. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Messages Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:36:02 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/london_military_coup_honduras_emergency_picket.htm In the early hours of Sunday June 28, a group of soldiers took the democratically elected president of Honduras, Mel Zelaya at gun point and transported him by plane to Costa Rica. Zelaya's government had carried out a whole series of progressive reforms in the fields of education, health care, etc. The masses have come out on the streets and called for a general strike on Monday 29 to reject this coup. We give them out full support. Come to the emergency picket of the embassy of Honduras in London on Tuesday, June 30 at 5pm. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:50:59 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/latin_america_solidarity_rally_against_coup_honduras.htm San Francisco, CA - The Hands Off Venezuela campaign, along with other Latin America solidarity organizations, have called for a emergency rally and press conference to denounce the recent military coup against democratically elected president Honduran Manuel Zelaya.  The coup came on the day in which Hondurans were to go to the polls to vote on a constitutional referendum that would have laid the basis for dramatically changing the political landscape of the country. Solidarity Activities - Solidarity Activities Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:47:04 +0100 http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/north_american_imperialism_coup_honduras_chavez.htm This morning military personal kidnapped Honduran president Manuel Zelaya. According to one witness, 200 soldiers arrived at the president's house at 6am this morning, 4 shots were fired and later they left in vehicles towards the air base. The soldiers also took over the government television station, Channel 8, and took it off air. Zelaya is currently speaking live on Telsur TV, from Costa Rica. News and Analysis - General Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:34:51 +0100