World Venezuela Newswire Archive

9 minute video
17 mb file
mpeg4 avi format (with mp3 audio)

[ DOWNLOAD VIDEO ]

Desperate measures on the part of the Venezuelan opposition to obstruct and delay the installation of voting posts for the Venezuelan referendum.

The private television stations in Venezuela have begun a campaign to create consensus in international public opinion that governmental fraud has taken place.

More English-language news appears on Narco News' "NarcoSphere" section, from half a dozen Narco News reporters who are in Venezuela...

Extracts of news from Venezuela on Saturday 14th, from pro-Chavez site Asamblea Popular Revolucionaria (times below link to the original articles in Spanish - corrections or clarifications from Spanish speakers or Venezuela experts welcome):

Translated communique on strategy regarding the referendum

some texts of mainstream media about what is happening at the moment in venezuela

Pictures of the "NO" campaign about the mistrust referendum towards Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela.

Venezuela president Hugo Chavez announced a sowing prohibition for genetically manipulated organisms on venezuelan soil - and in favor for the cultivation of the indian Yuka quit a contract with the multinational corporation MONSANTO.
An indigenous seed bank is to follow.......

A list of fifty reasons why to keep Chavez in power.


 http://indymediapr.org/news/2004/05/3181.php (spanish)
 http://de.indymedia.org//2004/07/88533.shtml (german)

Venezuela's president has achieved a level of grassroots participation our politicians can only dream of.

 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/crossroadswomenscentre/
 http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/

Between Empire and Revolution: Call from the "Calle y Media" autonomous collective for informational support and direct actions around the world in solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution...

On Sunday, August 15th from 4:00 - 6:00pm PST,
that is 1:00 - 3:00 am BST of the following day,
KPFK will broadcast a special program on the Venezuelan Recall Referendum with exit polls, election results, interviews with Venezuelan government officials, opposition representatives,journalists, and activists, with live simultaneous translation when necessary.

 http://www.kpfk.org/listenlive.html

European parliament discusses a resolution against Venezuela - 08.03.2004

The International Republican Institute:
Implementing the Nicaragua Plan in Venezuela

International Republican Institute (“IRI”): A U.S. based non-governmental entity founded upon suggestion by former President Ronald Reagan, the IRI is a major recipient of NED funds for various projects around the world. In March 2002, just one month before the April 2002 coup d’etat, IRI received an impressive $300,000 grant from the NED for “Strengthening Political Parties” in Venezuela. IRI received an additional $116,000 in February 2003, at the culmination of the 64-day opposition imposed lockout that devastated the Venezuelan economy. One of the main political parties participating in both the coup and the lockout, Primero Justicia, is a major benefactor of IRI funds. IRI’s massive financing for its Venezuelan projects has almost exclusively been funneled into developing and strengthening political parties to oppose the Chávez Administration. IRI also maintains close contact with the U.S. Embassy, which has also been a backer of the opposition’s undemocratic tactics.

An argument that the CIA is involved in Haiti and Venezuela and the techniques and criteria they use in overthrowing governments.

repost from 03.03.2004,
 http://de.indymedia.org//2004/03/76152.shtml

Venezuela's Electoral Council Outlines Plans for Contingencies and Disruptions

One week before Venezuela’s presidential referendum, the country’s only officially recognized electoral authority, the National Electoral Council (CNE) is trying to anticipate possible problems prior to the election this Sunday, August 15, which includes a challenge by opposition governor Enrique Mendoza, and an investigation into CANTV, the Venezuelan telecommunications giant in charge of transmitting voter data.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Events all week in London as part of a Venezual Week of Solidarity
- see  http://www.thenewagenda.org for programme and details
- Venue for most events is the rampART centre in Whitechapel
- see  http://www.rampart.co.nr for details and location
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Yesterday (10th August), events for the second day of the Venezuela Week of Solidarity in London took place at the rampART creative centre and social space near Whitechapel...

Chavez Supporters Gather in Venezuela's Capital for Largest Pro-Chavez Rally

Crowd estimates ranged from 100,000 (opposition) to one million (pro-Chavez)

Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez filled Caracas’ largest public venue yesterday, packing the Avenida Bolívar for well over a mile and overflowing onto side streets all over the downtown. Clad in red—the colour that has come to represent chavismo in Venezuela—supporters bore t-shirts, hats, berets, placards, puppets, and inventive home-made signs all uniformly declaring “No!” to the recall on Chávez’ mandate scheduled for next Sunday, August 15th.

here is a review of the opening event of the Latinamerican liberation exhibition at the rampART, part of the Venezuela Solidatrity Week.