(PICS - VIDEO) London - 2nd protest against Honduras coup
Saturday, 04 July 2009
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.
 
Montreal: HOV/SBQ in solidarity with the people of Hond
Saturday, 04 July 2009
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.
 
Protests against coup in Honduras in San Francisco
Saturday, 04 July 2009
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.
 
The European Venezuela solidarity movement meets in Amsterdam
Thursday, 02 July 2009
hov_delegat_amsterdam_09-thumb.jpgThis 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.
 
Defend Democracy in Honduras! Against the Military Coup -- Reinstate President Zelaya
Thursday, 02 July 2009
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.
 
London protest against Honduran coup
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
london_honduras_picket-thumb.jpgOn 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. 
 
USA: Minneapolis protest against Honduran coup
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
Minneapolis protest against Honduran coupOn Monday, June 29, an emergency picket was called in front of the Federal building in downtown Minneapolis, MN to protest the coup in Honduras.
 
Letter from Iran
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
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.
 
Chavez Calls for Continent-Wide Protests against Honduran Coup
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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.
 
Britain: Early Day Motion on Honduras tabled in parliament
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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.
 
Declaration on coup in Honduras by HOV Finland
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
This is a statement by HOV Finland against the coup.
 
No To Coup in Honduras! - statement of PSM
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
We have received this statement from the Socialist Party of Malaysia. They condemn the coup and demand that the government of Honduras get reinstated.
 
London: Condemn the reactionary military coup in Honduras - emergency picket
Monday, 29 June 2009
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.
 
USA: Latin American solidarity organizations to hold rally to denounce military coup in Honduras
Monday, 29 June 2009
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.
 
Chavez: North American Imperialism and the Extreme Right are Behind Coup in Honduras
Monday, 29 June 2009
Photo by presidencia_de_la_republica_del_ecuador"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."
 
Obama's First Coup d'Etat: Honduran President has been Kidnapped
Monday, 29 June 2009
Photo by rbreve.Caracas, Venezuela -  The text message that beeped on my cell phone this morning read "Alert, Zelaya has been kidnapped, coup d'etat underway in Honduras, spread the word." It's a rude awakening for a Sunday morning, especially for the millions of Hondurans that were preparing to exercise their sacred right to vote today for the first time on a consultative referendum concerning the future convening of a constitutional assembly to reform the constitution.
 
Hands Off Venezuela Canada in solidarity with the Peruvian indigenous struggle
Friday, 26 June 2009
In Montreal, the Hands Off Venezuela/Bolivarian Society of Quebec helped organize a rally on Friday, June 12th, with fellow solidarity organizations, Action Creative and the Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake. In front of the Peruvian consulate, more than 50 people were present to show their solidarity with the struggle of Amazonian indigenous people and condemn Alan Garcia and his government for their brutal massacre.
 
226th anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar
Thursday, 25 June 2009
simon_bolivar_small.jpg24 June 2009 is the 226th anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. We offer here a short biography of this great man whose ideals of sovereignty, freedom and Latin American integration are still vital today for the well being of the region.
 
HOV Norwich Report: Occupy!
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
hov_freteco_norwich2.jpgOn Thursday 18th June, Hands Off Venezuela held a public film showing of the new FRETECO film and ‘Sold Out’, a short documentary about the recent occupation of the Visteon plants in Basildon and Enfield.
 
USA: 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution - Successful Event in Minneapolis
Friday, 19 June 2009
USA: 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution - Successful Event in MinneapolisU.S. Hands Off Venezuela organized a public event on June 13 to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the lessons for Latin America. Over 60 people attended the event, which was held at the United Labor Centre in Minneapolis.
 
From Caracas to Montreal: Another World Is Possible
Friday, 19 June 2009
From Caracas to Montreal: Another World Is PossibleOn Thursday, the 4th of June, the Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands off Venezuela held a public conference on the subject “From Caracas to Montreal: Another World Is Possible.” (also in French)
 
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