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Implementing the Nicaragua Plan in Venezuela

12-08-2004 17:41 | Venezuela | Globalisation | Repression | World

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.

Coups R US: Haiti and Venezuela

12-08-2004 17:21 | Venezuela | Globalisation | World

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

USE YOUR LOAF GOES ON

11-08-2004 21:36 | Free Spaces | World

Use Your Loaf squatted Social Centre survives! Today we got an adjourment in court.

History repeating itself in Hebron

11-08-2004 18:37 | Anti-racism | Repression | World

Even for Palestine, Hebron is shocking. The area has a population of 500,000 - the largest Palestinian Authority in the West Bank - but the city of Hebron was divided into three ‘zones’ in 1997. Settlers moved in and around the city centre in the eighties, and Hebron is characterized by some of the worst ethnic violence in the region.

KNOWING THE ENEMY – TONY ‘WHIPLASH’ WILKINSON

11-08-2004 13:49 | Repression | World

Fighting against prison slavery and for prison abolition.

US blew agent's cover to ramp up terrorism threats

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan appears to have been covert intelligence agent hacking 'al Qaida' computers.

Disruptions in Venezuela

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.

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- 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
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Cuban heat at rampART

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...

Supporters Gather Against Referendum

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.

Beggars and drug addicts disappear in Athens 'clean-up' before games

11-08-2004 06:10 | Analysis | Migration | World

The Greek state and the bosses killed dozens of workers in order to finish the olympic stadiums on time...
Then they poisoned thousands of stray animals (mostly dogs and cats)...
They installed surveillance cameras and brought two surveillance Zeppelin to stop public dissent...
They deployed 80000 police, riot police and army troopers all over Athens...

Now they are kidnapping drug addicts and immigrants!!!! in order to make Athens seem "clean" and "civilised" like some of the western capitalist cities...

I think only Hitler was doing such things during the '36 games in Berlin... Let's hope the Greek SS police will not gas them as well!

latinamerican liberation ehibition at rampART

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

rightwing attacks on venezuala

While the world's attention has been focused on the middle east, the inavision and occupation of Iraq and the ongoing conflict over Palestine, few people have noticed the shake up occuring in South America. Everyone knows that the latinamerican countries are generally political unstable and characterised by military rule. Many people are aware that the US has a long history of intervention, installing and supporting complient dictators or replacing those that don't tow the US line. But there has been a shift, the forth largest supplier of oil to the US has excaped the cycle and liberated themselves from the yoke of the elite. However, the odds are stacked against them. Even having survived a coup and a bosses lock out in the last couple of years, and despite every indication that the people will win the recall referendum of their democratically elected president Hugo Chavez, there may be dark clouds on the horizon. Large arms caches have been intercepted entering the country. Large amounts of explosives have gone missing from military stocks and opposition are talking openly of violence and assasination.

[to find out more, visit the rampART (www.rampart.co.nr) this week during Venezuela Solidarity Week for talks, films, food, and art (see www.thenewagenda.org for programme)]

Below is an article from a right wing american publication which gives some idea of the propaganda being released to path the way for US intervention...

International Criminal Court inaction re Iraq

09-08-2004 05:38 | Anti-militarism | World

This is an open letter to the President of the International Criminal Court, asking why his court has done exactly nothing about investigating war crimes that may have been committed by the heads of state of Australia and Britain, in Iraq

The heat is on Venezuela

09-08-2004 01:07 | Venezuela | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

On Sunday 15th, Venezuelans are to decide if their President will remain in office during a recall referendum called by the US backed organized opposition. The stakes are hight and interior minister Lucas Rincon has expressed concerns about possible terrorist acts that sectors of the opposition could be preparing to try to trigger a "Madrid effect" that could alter the outcome of the referendum...

BOC LEGAL INJUNCTION

08-08-2004 12:23 | Analysis | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

A critical legal analysis of the BOC injunction has been carried out

Venezuela Prepares for Recall Vote

08-08-2004 11:21 | Venezuela | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

Venezuela, sitting on the largest oil reserves outside the Middle East, may be on the brink of major political upheaval. A presidential recall referendum could see the removal of the socialist Chevaz government and the installation of an oldguard power block that proposes repairing relations with Washington, and restructuring the oil industry. This comes after a botched US backed coup in 2002 cost the opposition the trust of many while a two-month general strike last year ruined the economy but left Chavez stronger than ever...

Venezuela Tense Over Referendum

08-08-2004 11:13 | Venezuela | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

Authorities are ready to arrest people who dump nails on highways, cut down trees, slick streets with oil and burn tires to create turmoil and stop people from voting.

e-voting furor

08-08-2004 11:06 | Venezuela | Social Struggles | Technology | World

The world's fifth largest producer and exporter of oil will be using a e-voting system produced by an american company in a presidential recall referendum called for by the Venezuelan elite and backed by Washington. Despite the use of a paper record of votes, some people claim to have found security flaws and weak cryptography. "Computers can be made to produce any outcome that you want without anybody really knowing that's what was done," said one US observer. One thing is clear, who ever wins the vote, the use of the untested e-voting system will leave room for doubt from either side about the results...

Prozac in our water.

08-08-2004 10:04 | Ecology | World

BBC report

View US Man Fakes Beheading in 'Iraq Video'

07-08-2004 22:29 | Indymedia | Repression | World

Hostage murder video a hoax
A VIDEO aired yesterday that purportedly showed an American being decapitated in Iraq was a hoax.

World Newswire Archive

Implementing the Nicaragua Plan in Venezuela

Coups R US: Haiti and Venezuela

USE YOUR LOAF GOES ON

History repeating itself in Hebron

KNOWING THE ENEMY – TONY ‘WHIPLASH’ WILKINSON

US blew agent's cover to ramp up terrorism threats

Disruptions in Venezuela

Cuban heat at rampART

Supporters Gather Against Referendum

Beggars and drug addicts disappear in Athens 'clean-up' before games

latinamerican liberation ehibition at rampART

rightwing attacks on venezuala

International Criminal Court inaction re Iraq

The heat is on Venezuela

BOC LEGAL INJUNCTION

Venezuela Prepares for Recall Vote

Venezuela Tense Over Referendum

e-voting furor

Prozac in our water.

View US Man Fakes Beheading in 'Iraq Video'

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