posted Aug 5, 2009 12:48 AM by pdxVenezuela PCASC
Why the U.S. Government Hates Venezuela
by Shamus Cook
8.4.09
The propaganda wheels are turning fast. The barrage of anti-Venezuela misinformation that began while Bush was in office has intensified in recent months. Not a week goes by without the U.S. mainstream media running at least one story about the “dictatorial” Venezuelan government. Historically, the U.S. government’s foreign policy “coincidentally” matches the opinion of the media and vice versa.
A front page New York Times article on August 2, 2009 cited “new evidence” that the Venezuelan government “still” supports the FARC — a peasant-based guerrilla group that has fought the Colombian government for decades.
This “new evidence” is a mere recycling of the last tactical attempt to link the Venezuelan government with the FARC: computers were supposedly confiscated from FARC leaders that showed innumerable ties to Venezuelan government officials. Of course anybody can write anything on a computer and say it came from somewhere else. Evidence like this needs only a
willing accomplice — the media — to legitimize it.
The Venezuelan government denies the accusations. But even if Venezuela maintained a policy of openly supporting the FARC, it would be more justifiable than the U.S. policy of openly supporting the Colombian government. Colombia is the most-hated and repressive government in the western hemisphere, but the U.S. gives billions of dollars of financial, military and political aide. This despicable relationship has not ended under Obama, but has in fact strengthened.
The recent announcement that the U.S. military would move potentially thousands of troops to Colombia, where they will access five Colombian military bases, has put Venezuela and the rest of Latin America on alert. The Obama administration has not explained the move publicly, though Latin Americans need no explanation.
The continent has a long history of being exploited by U.S. corporations, who work in tandem with the U.S. government to oust “non-cooperative” governments, using countless tactics to meet their objectives including clandestine C.I.A. coups.
The recent U.S.-backed military coup in Honduras sent shockwaves throughout the region, exposing the Obama administration for what it is: yet another government dedicated to the interests of the super-wealthy and corporations, who want their “investments” in Latin America to be protected from “populist” governments who redistribute wealth and land.
U.S. corporations have felt their power slipping in the hemisphere for years, much of it due to the influence of Venezuela. This is because social movements in Venezuela have advanced further than anywhere else in the world — factories have been taken over and run by workers, community councils make local decisions democratically, land is being taken over by peasants, independent media is spreading, and the property of U.S. corporations has been taken over to be used for the needs of the average Venezuelan. Although the vast majority of these gains are due to the work of grassroots Venezuelans, the government has not only given approval to such actions, but often is responsible for suggesting the ideas.
Venezuela’s example has dramatically changed the political landscape in Latin America, inspiring millions. For the first time, governments and social movements alike feel empowered to oppose U.S. corporate dominance and instead are seeking to arrange their economies in ways that benefit the majority of people.
In Venezuela these ideas are often referred to as 21st century socialism, and the rest of the hemisphere is clamoring to get on board. The battle of ideas between 21st century socialism and free-market capitalism has already been settled in the region, with capitalism facing utter defeat.
Having lost in the realm of ideas, those supporting capitalism must compensate by other means. Barack Obama is a very outspoken devotee of capitalism, and has shown by his coup in Honduras — and also the military build-up in Colombia — that he will go to any length to prop-up U.S. corporations and rich investors in the region.
There can be absolutely no doubt that Obama will seek to undermine the Venezuelan government by any means available, including the very real possibility of a proxy invasion through Colombia. None of these attempts to undermine the advances in Venezuela and other countries will benefit the peoples of Latin America or the United States, minus a tiny minority of the super wealthy. With this kind of understanding often comes organizing and action, with the ultimate aim to end U.S. economic and military intervention abroad, not only in Latin America, but the Middle East and beyond. |
posted Jul 17, 2009 10:08 AM by pdxVenezuela PCASC
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Foreign Policy: Iran's Terrifying Facebook Police
by Evgeny Morozov
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Facebook website. AP
NPR.org, July 13, 2009 · A scary anecdote from Iran. A trusted colleague - who is married to an Iranian-American and would thus prefer to stay anonymous - has told me of a very disturbing episode that happened to her friend, another Iranian-American, as she was flying to Iran last week.
On passing through the immigration control at the airport in Tehran, she was asked by the officers if she has a Facebook account. When she said "no", the officers pulled up a laptop and searched for her name on Facebook. They found her account and noted down the names of her Facebook friends.
This is very disturbing. For once, it means that the Iranian authorities are paying very close attention to what's going on Facebook and Twitter (which, in my opinion, also explains why they decided not to take those web-sites down entirely - they are useful tools of intelligence gathering).
Second, it means, as far as authorities are concerned, our online and offline identities are closely tied and we have to be fully prepared to be quizzed about any online trace that we have left (I can easily see us being asked our Facebook and Twitter handles in immigration forms; one of the forms I regularly fill flying back to the US has recently added a field for email address).
Third, this reveals that some of the spontaneous online activism we witnessed in the last few weeks - with Americans re-tweeting the posts published by those in Tehran - may eventually have very dire consequences, as Iranians would need to explain how exactly they are connected to foreigners that follow them on Twitter (believe me, I've observed enough bureaucratic stupidity in Eastern Europe to know that even some of the officials who follow Twitter activity on a daily basis may not know how it works).
I am curious if there have been other reports of foreigners being asked about their social media activity on traveling to authoritarian states. Any ideas?
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posted Jun 29, 2009 2:00 PM by pdxVenezuela PCASC
This is a news article about the Coup in Hondrus and information on Venezuela's response as well as the US
Posted as a "newsItem" on 6.29.09
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. Supposedly at the center of the controversary is today’s scheduled referendum, which is not a binding vote but merely an opinion poll to determine whether or not a majority of Hondurans desire to eventually enter into a process to modify their constitution.
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posted Jun 15, 2009 8:15 PM by pdxVenezuela PCASC
Come celebrate 30 years of fighting for justice and resisting US intervention in Latin America.
http://www.pcasc.net/#anniversary
Enjoy food, music, and the chance to meet and reconnect with PCASC activists from the past thirty years. Also, be the first to watch our new documentary about PCASC's long and exciting history of solidarity!
When: Sunday, July 19th, 2009 6-9pm
Where: Liberty Hall (311 N. Ivy St. Portland, OR)
Cost: $35 a ticket
Buy Tickets/Register Online
On July 19th 1979, the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in
Nicaragua, ending over 40 years of US-backed dictatorship in that country. The Sandinistas were a popular movement comprised of workers,
peasants, students, and guerrillas with an aim to create a truly
democratic and revolutionary socialism.
In 1979, PCASC was founded in solidarity with that
revolutionary movement.
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PCASC General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, June 17th @ 7pm
Every third Wednesday of the month, PCASC meets at Liberty Hall - 311 N. Ivy. You'll hear report backs from Bmedia, Portland CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), Venezuela Solidarity, and the Cross Border Labor Organizing Council. We have updates from social movements, volunteer opportunities, upcoming events, and so much more.
If you've been thinking about coming to a PCASC meeting - now is the time! We welcome new folks to come and find out more about this radical, soon to be 30 year old organization! |
posted May 17, 2009 9:42 AM by Joe Anybody
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KBOO Radio interviews Joe Anybody
about activism media and social justice
The mp3 download is here <19 min>
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Interview with San Francisco Consul General of Venezuela Martin Sanchez and Sasha Burchuk
May 31, 2009 5:00 PM
Portland, OR
Martin, thank you, it was really wonderful to hear you speak today, you covered a lot of subjects and you have such a great sense of humor and are so articulate.
Thank you, it’s been a pleasure.
I’ve heard that you’re very interested in some of the community organizing that’s being done in Portland is that true?
Yes definitely. It seems like you guys are really well organized in your solidarity with Latin America here and the fact that many activists here have already gone to Venezuela and know what’s going on there is an added benefit to the solidarity movement.
Thank you, I love hearing that, do you find that movements like ours are extant in other parts of the country as well?
There are several efforts in the country, in the Bay Area there are a few groups doing solidarity work with Venezuela. One of the most active is the Marin County Task Force on the Americas. But there are efforts all around the country and I think that it would be really important to connect these efforts and to share experiences about what’s been working and what hasn’t worked and to try to come up with a strategy because the consulate and the embassy are not in the business of building a solidarity movement. Its not something that we can do in this country, its up to Americans to decide how things should be run and what kind of solidarity and what kind of involvement you want to have with the country.
I agree with you. We’re really looking forward to coordinating our efforts with other groups and building coalitions right now.
In regards to changing relations between nations I’d like to ask you something. The U.S. and Cuba are very dependent on Venezuelan oil. So in terms of the U.S./Cuba embargo, the recent discovery of very large offshore oil fields in the Cuban gulf, a more diplomatic US president, how do you think that the relationship between the three nations might change?
Well its very hard to predict the trajectory of U.S./Cuba relation. But given the initial signals by the Obama administration (after some reluctance and some name-calling on behalf of Obama’s secretary Clinton when it was decided that Chavez was an obstacle to the progress of democracy in Venezuela and that Chavez was aiding terrorists in Colombia along with other negative statements) that famous handshake between Chavez and Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad may signal a different strategy and a different approach for relations between the two countries.
I had to remind people that when President Clinton was in office relations were good, Chavez visited the White House. When President Bush came to office the White House filled with people from the Cold War era, some of them conservative Cuban-Americans from the previous Bush administration from the 80s. Then policy towards Venezuela started to change. Now we see that we might go back to a more decent relationship, more respectful of Venezuela’s sovereignty.
So in that regard I do think that the discovery of oil in Cuba is very encouraging however you have to take in to account that offshore exploitation of oil is very expensive, the platforms are very expensive, you need a lot of capital to finance this, it might take many years for Cuba to start utilizing the reserves of oil that they have. Meanwhile Venezuela is happy to continue their corporate agreements with Cuba under which we sell them oil at a cheaper price in exchange for many things, among them, doctors, political advisors, economic advisors, technical assistants and so on. I do think that its in the best interests of Venezuela to maintain excellent relations with Cuba and to maintain a relationship with the US that is based on mutual respect.
As a country that is moving towards nationalization but still developing as Venezuela is, how has Foreign Direct Investment impacted industrialization? Are the technology shares that you mentioned between China and Venezuela (cellular phones) and Iran and Venezuela (tractors) part and parcel with Free Trade Agreements? Also you spoke about a lack of cement and rebar during the building boom, in part due to the incredible rate of construction but more because of the over-exportation of cement, resulted in the nationalization of the cementworks. Is there a movement towards Import Substitution Industrialization?
Venezuela hasn’t signed any free trade agreements under the Chavez Administration. We have set up a trading bloc called the Alba – the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas that is more inspired by solidarity and economies that are complimentary. An economy that is weak in a certain sector might be complimented by manufacturing in another country. Now we have this agreement with several Latin American countries and hope to expand it to several more. On the issues of China and Iran, its been just bilateral agreements under which we sell them either products like oil or steel at a reduced price and in exchange we get the works and knowledge for expanding our manufacturing of technology across many sectors – cars, tractors, satellite communications, cell phones, computers – but those aren’t free trade agreements, they’re just bilateral agreements.
I can give you an example of an agreement we set up with Argentina under which Venezuela has ordered the production of oil tankers from Argentina. This is revitalizing the shipbuilding industry there. Before we used to buy our ships from the US or from Germany, now we’re buying them from Argentina and having them repaired in Argentina. We’re making the conscious decision to engage in a partnership with Argentina so that we can keep resources within the sphere of Latin America and foster development within Latin America. So there might be other technologies that we will need to source in Europe or Asia – but we are trying to focus on development within Latin America.
That is something that makes sense within the context of the Bolivarian Movement, seeing how it is a revolution that seeks to unite the continent, ideally creating something similar to the E.U. Is there a certain process by which Chavez seeks out nations for these agreements, or is it more a matter of whoever comes to the table with the best offer gets the partnership?
Secretary Clinton was right when she testified to the US congress at the Summit of the Americas and said that Chavez is a very friendly person who gets friendly with pretty much anyone who approaches him with a good idea [sic]. Before Chavez came to office Venezuela’s international relations were mostly based on trade with Colombia and the US. Under the Chavez administration we’ve established a relationship with China, and we’ve opened six new embassies with Africa in the last three years. So we’re really expanding our horizons and trying to get good ideas from other countries.
You have to remember also that right after President Obama was elected Chavez gave a speech in which he proposed to Obama to engage in a partnership for development and research of alternative energies. In Venezuela we think that we should utilize our resources that come from oil now but also to develop alternative energy resources. We don’t have the technology now but maybe we can provide cheaper oil to the US and in exchange for oil that is cheaper for the US to import, we could negotiate some kind of alternative energy technology trade. That way we still profit from oil but the air in Venezuela will be much cleaner.
I thought the way in which Venezuela has used its petrodollars to finance free conversions of gasoline cars to cars that run on natural gas, natural gas being cheaper to refine and also very prevalent in Venezuela – was really impressive. It’s great that one of the pillars of the Bolivarian Revolution is sustainability.
We’re almost to the airport now, is there anything more you’d like to say in closing?
First of all I want to thank you for inviting me here, I’m very impressed with the level of organization you have here, it is really inspiring and in spite of all the difficulties that Venezuelan diplomats are facing here – low staffing, lack of resources, whatever – just seeing people such as yourselves who are so inspired to help Venezuela and to foster cooperation between the two countries is a very inspiring thing. I just moved from Chicago to San Francisco and before I left there were two sister city agreements signed that my office helped to foster. They’re trying to improve the relationship at a grassroots level, and I think that it’s something that should be done here in Portland.
With Sam Adams as mayor and with the likelihood that Portland will soon achieve asylum status, that may be possible. I’d like to see that happen.
Well I love Sam Adams beer, its really great. I don’t know if your mayor is tied to the operation or not.
Any last words on how US aid might benefit Venezuela in the future?
The US has a lot to offer to the world. I think that the US has a lot to offer and I think that the different approach that President Obama is taking towards Venezuela is going to open a lot of doors for both countries, and will benefit them both. Venezuela has a lot of energy resources and the US needs energy, but we need to develop our technologies, so the two countries are in a complimentary position.
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Si hubiese sabido que iba a transportar al Consul General de Venezuela al aeropuerto, hubiese limpiado el asiento de atrás de mi carro. Uno de los primeros comentarios que hizo Martín Sanchez al montarse en mi carro fue su “condición típicamente Americana”: “alfombras sucias y corotos por todos lados.” Aun así, no hubo nada de arrogante en la manera que lo dijo. Simplemente estaba siendo chistoso, el Steven Colbert venezolano. Mientras que un voluntario de PCASC conducía, me encarame en la parte de atrás del carro y pedí una grabadora prestada para entrevistar al Cónsul sobre sus perspectivas de la política exterior. Traté de ser indirecta y respetuosa al tocar el tema de ciertas políticas venezolanas consideradas comunistas bajo los estándares estadounidenses. Quizás en la próxima entrevista podremos ser un poco mas controversiales.
Martín, gracias, fue realmente un placer escucharte hablar el día de hoy, cubriste muchos temas y tienes un tremendo sentido del humor, además, eres un buen orador.
Gracias, fue un placer.
Me han dicho que estas muy interesado en el trabajo de organización a nivel comunitario que se ha gestado en Pórtland. ¿Es correcto?
Si, definitivamente. Me parece que ustedes están bien organizados en solidaridad con Latinoamérica, y el hecho que muchos activistas de aquí ya hayan ido a Venezuela y saben lo que esta ocurriendo allá, es un beneficio al movimiento en solidaridad.
Gracias, me encanto escuchar eso. ¿Haz encontrado movimientos como el de nosotros en otras parte del país?
Existen muchos esfuerzos en el país, en la zona de San Francisco hay algunos grupos haciendo trabajo en solidaridad con Venezuela. Uno de los mas activos es la Brigada de las Américas del Condado de Marín. Pero existen esfuerzos a través del país, y pienso que seria muy importante conectar estos esfuerzos y compartir las experiencias que han funcionado y las que no, y de intentar generar una estrategia, porque el consulado y la embajada no son parte del esfuerzo para construir un movimiento en solidaridad. No es algo que podemos hacer en este país, depende de los americanos decidir como se deben hacer las cosas y que tipo de solidaridad y que tipo de participación quieren tener con el país.
Estoy de acuerdo contigo. Estamos entusiasmados de coordinar nuestros esfuerzos con otros grupos y construir coaliciones.
Con respecto al cambio de relaciones internacionales, me gustaría preguntarte algo: Los Estados Unidos y Cuba dependen del petróleo venezolano. Así que en términos del embargo estadounidense contra Cuba, el reciente descubrimiento de grandes reservas petroleras en el golfo cubano, y un presidente estadounidense mas diplomático, ¿cómo piensas que cambiarán las relaciones entre las tres naciones?
Bueno, es muy difícil predecir la trayectoria de la relación cubana-estadounidense. Pero dadas las señales iniciales de la administración Obama (después de un poco de resistencia e insultos por parte de la Canciller Clinton, al decidir ella que Chavez representaba un obstáculo al progreso de la democracia en Venezuela, y que Chavez apoyaba terroristas en Colombia, junto con otros comentarios negativos) ese famoso apretón de manos entre Chavez y Obama en el Foro de las Américas en Trinidad puede señalar a una estrategia diferente y una nueva actitud hacia la relación entre los dos países.
Tuve que recordarle a la gente que cuando el Presidente Clinton se encontraba en el poder, la relación era buena, Chavez visitó la Casa Blanca. Cuando el Presidente Bush llegó a la Casa Blanca rodeado de gente de la época de la Guerra Fría, algunas de ellas conservadores cubano-americanos de la previa administración Bush en los años 80. Entonces la política hacia Venezuela empezó a cambiar. Ahora vemos que existe la posibilidad de regresar a una relación mas decente, mas respetuosa a la soberanía venezolana.
Así que con respecto a eso, sí creo que el descubrimiento de petróleo en Cuba es muy prometedor, aunque se debe tomar en cuenta que la explotación de petróleo es muy costosa, las plataformas son costosas, y se necesita mucho capital para financiar todo esto, pueden pasar muchos años antes de que Cuba empiece a utilizar las reservas de petróleo que tiene. Mientras tanto, Venezuela esta dispuesta a continuar sus acuerdos de comercio con Cuba, bajo los cuales le vendemos petróleo a un precio mas barato a cambio de muchas cosas, entre ellas doctores, consejeros políticos, consejeros económicos, asistentes técnicos, y demás. Sí creo que esta en el mejor interés de Venezuela mantener excelentes relaciones con Cuba y mantener una relación con los Estados Unidos que esté basada en el respeto mutuo.
Como un país en rumbo a la nacionalización, pero todavía en desarrollo, como lo es Venezuela, ¿cuál es el lugar de la inversión extranjera y directa en el proceso de industrialización? Los intercambios tecnológicos que mencionaste entre China y Venezuela (teléfonos celulares) e Iran y Venezuela (tractores) ¿se igualan a los tratados de libre comercio? Además hablaste sobre una escasez de cemento y varas, en parte debida al enorme número de construcciones en el país, pero mas que todo a la sobre-exportación de cemento, que resultó en la nacionalización de una compañía extranjera cementera. ¿Representa esto una movida hacia la industrialización para substituir la importación?
Venezuela no ha firmado ningún tratado de libre comercio bajo la administración de Chavez. Hemos establecido un bloque de comercio llamado el ALBA – Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas – que está inspirado mas que todo por la solidaridad y las economías complementarias. Una economía que es débil en cierto sector, puede ser complementada por la industria en otro país. Ahora tenemos este acuerdo con varios países Latinoamericanos y esperamos expandirlo aun mas. Sobre el tema de China e Irán, estos han sido acuerdos bilaterales nada mas, bajo los cuales nosotros les vendemos productos como petróleo y hierro a un precio reducido, y a cambio recibimos el trabajo y conocimiento para expandir nuestra industria tecnológica a través de varios sectores – carros, tractores, satélites de comunicaciones, teléfonos celulares, computadoras – pero estos no son tratados de libre comercio, simplemente son acuerdos bilaterales.
Puedo darte el ejemplo de un acuerdo que establecimos con Argentina, bajo el cual Venezuela ha ordenado la producción de tanques petroleros argentinos. Esto está revitalizando la industria de construcción de tanques allá. Antes le comprábamos tanques a Estados Unidos o a Alemania; ahora se los compramos a Argentina y los mandamos a reparar en Argentina. Estamos tomando una decisión conciente de participar en una sociedad con Argentina para mantener nuestros recursos dentro de la esfera latinoamericana y crear desarrollo en Latinoamérica. Pueden haber otras tecnologías para las cuales tendremos que recurrir a Europa o Asia – pero estamos tratando de enfocarnos en el desarrollo dentro de Latinoamérica.
Eso es algo que tiene sentido en el contexto del movimiento bolivariano, viendo como es una revolución que busca unir al continente, creando algo similar a la Unión Europea. ¿Existe algún tipo de proceso bajo el cual Chavez busca otras naciones para participar en estos acuerdos, o, es se trata mas del que llegue a la mesa con la mejor oferta se convierte en socio?.
La Canciller Clinton tenia razón cuando testificó al congreso estadounidense en el Foro de las Americas y dijo que Chavez es una persona muy amistosa que se asocia con prácticamente cualquiera que se acerque a el con una buena idea. Antes de que Chavez llegara al poder, las relaciones internacionales venezolanas estaban mas que todo basadas en el comercio con Colombia y Estados Unidos. Bajo la administración de Chavez hemos establecido una relación con China, y abierto mas de seis embajadas en Africa en los últimos tres años. Así que de veras estamos expandiendo nuestros horizontes e intentando de buscar nuevas ideas de otros países.
Debes recordarte también que recién elegido el Presidente Obama, Chavez dio un discurso en el que le propuso a Obama crear una asociación para el desarrollo y la investigación de energías alternativas. En Venezuela pensamos que debemos utilizar nuestros recursos petroleros, pero también debemos desarrollar fuentes alternativas de energía. No tenemos la tecnología todavía, pero quizás podemos ofrecerle petróleo mas barato a Estados Unidos y a cambio de ese petróleo que sería mas barato para los Estados Unidos importar, podríamos negociar algún tipo de intercambio tecnológico de energía alternativa. De esta manera todavía podríamos beneficiarnos del petróleo, pero el aire de Venezuela sería mucho mas limpio.
Pienso que la manera en que Venezuela está usando el dinero del petróleo para financiar la transformación de carros a gas natural, siendo el gas mas barato para refinar y abundante en Venezuela, es bastante impresionante. Es tremendo que uno de los pilares de la revolución bolivariana sea la sostenibilidad.
Ya casi llegamos al aeropuerto. ¿Hay algo mas que quieras decir para concluir?
Primero que todo, quiero agradecerles por invitarme, estoy muy impresionado con el nivel de organización que tienen, es muy emocionante que a pesar de todas las dificultades que los diplomáticos venezolanos enfrentan aquí – pocos empleados, falta de recursos, lo que sea – simplemente ver a las personas como ustedes que están tan inspiradas en ayudar a Venezuela y engendrar la cooperación entre los dos países, es una inspiración. Recién me mude de Chicago a San Francisco y antes de irme, se firmaron dos acuerdos de ciudades hermanas, las cuales mi oficina ayudo a desarrollar. Estamos tratando de mejorar la relación a nivel de base, y creo que eso es algo que se debe hacer aquí en Pórtland.
Con Sam Adams como alcalde, y con la posibilidad de que Pórtland obtenga estatus de ciudad santuario, esto es algo quizás muy posible. Me gustaría verlo pasar.
Bueno, a mi me encanta la cerveza Sam Adams, es excelente. No se si su alcalde esta ligado a estas operaciones o no.
¿Alguna última palabra sobre como el apoyo de los Estados Unidos pueda beneficiar a Venezuela en el futuro?
Los Estados Unidos tiene mucho que ofrecerle al mundo. Creo que los Estados Unidos tiene mucho que ofrecer y creo que la nueva actitud que el Presidente Obama esta tomando hacia Venezuela va a abrirle muchas puertas a los dos países, y va a beneficiar a los dos. Venezuela tiene muchos recursos de energía y los Estados Unidos necesita energía, pero necesitamos desarrollar nuestras tecnologías, para que los dos países se puedan ayudar de manera complementaria.
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posted May 10, 2009 4:45 PM by Joe Anybody
CARACAS, Venezuela – 5.9.09
Venezuelan police uncovered a cache of weapons and explosives at a Caracas apartment and later detained four foreigners on suspicion of planning terrorist acts, authorities said Saturday.
While announcing the detentions, Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami accused foes of President Hugo Chavez of "looking for violence," although he did not link the case to the political opposition. Chavez has repeatedly charged that the opposition is plotting to assassinate him or spur his ouster. (more)
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posted Mar 16, 2009 2:51 PM by Ben Lavine
The Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC) invites you to participate in its Summer 2009 youth delegation to Venezuela. As a delegate, you will travel to Venezuela and meet people involved in the country’s exciting student, labor, independent media, and farmworker movements. Before your trip, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable organizing and fundraising skills. You will also learn audio and video skills to produce a film or radio documentary about your experiences in Venezuela, which you can later share with your friends, family, and community. Above all, you will build relationships with Venezuelans building a new and revolutionary democracy, economy and society. For more information contact info@pcasc.net or call 503 236 7916. |
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