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Venezuela's Chavez Forgives Haiti's Debt


Thursday, 28 January 2010

President Hugo Chavez on Monday said that Petrocaribe, Venezuela's
cut-rate regional energy alliance, will forgive quake-stricken Haiti's
debt, AFP reported.


Venezuela Sanctions Cable Television Channels for Failure to Comply with
Media Law




Thursday, 28 January 2010

On Saturday, Venezuela's National Telecommunications Commission
(CONATEL) temporarily closed six national cable television channels for
failure to comply with the country's Law on Social Responsibility in
Radio and Television.


Venezuela Applies Media Social Responsibility Law to Cable Channels




Monday, 25 January 2010

On Thursday, Venezuela's National Tele- communications Commission
released a list of cable television companies that will be subject to
the Law on Social Responsibility in Radio and Television.


A Quick Response to BBC's Article, "Venezuela's economy in further
slide"




Wednesday, 20 January 2010

There are few things more condescending and arrogant than a journalist
who arrives in a foreign country, walks around briefly in its streets,
and from a few superficial observations, believes they can make a
judgement on the entire economic situation of a country, as well as the
social movements and hopes of millions of members of that country. In
yesterday's article "Venezuela's economy in further slide", BBC
journalist Robert Plummer admits it's been a long time since he set foot
in Venezuela.


The coups d'?tat in Latin America and the dangers facing Venezuela




Friday, 15 January 2010

Puerto Rican attorney Alejandro Torres Rivera looks at the very real
threat facing Venezuela and provides evidence that /"the threat against
Venezuela is certainly not a bizarre idea. It is up to all of us, as
this year begins, to redouble our solidarity with the Venezuelan people
and the defense of their Revolution."/


Venezuela and the Netherlands


Wednesday, 13 January 2010

The government of the Netherlands recently granted the US military use
of its islands in the Caribbean, with the excuse that this is to help in
the "war against drugs". In reality, this is a direct threat to the
Chavez government in Venezuela.


A Decade of Propaganda? The BBC's Reporting of Venezuela




Tuesday, 22 December 2009

The researchers looked at 304 BBC reports published between 1998 and
2008 and found that only 3 of those articles mentioned any of the
positive policies introduced by the Chavez administration. The BBC has
failed to report adequately on any of the democratic initiatives, human
rights legislation, food programmes, healthcare initiatives, or poverty
reduction programmes. Mission Robinson, the greatest literacy programme
in human history received only a passing mention.


Ontario NDP youth pass resolution condemning Canadian imperialist
interference in Latin America




Thursday, 17 December 2009
Hands Off Venezuela supporters attended last month's convention of the
youth wing of the Ontario NDP in Ottawa. While there, HOV managed to get
the following resolution approved by delegates, which now becomes part
of ONDY policy.


Cuba and ALBA let down Sri Lanka's Tamils


Wednesday, 25 November 2009
I think that the governments of Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua let down the
entire Tamil population in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri
Lanka, as well as "proletarian internationalism" and the "exploited", by
extending unconditional support to Sri Lanka's racist government.I think
that the governments of Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua let down the entire
Tamil population in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, as
well as "proletarian internationalism" and the "exploited", by extending
unconditional support to Sri Lanka's racist government.


Venezuelan Executive recovers lands in Tachira, Zulia, Merida, Trujillo,
Guarico and Barinas states.


Monday, 23 November 2009

The Venezuelan government recovers 1,752 hectares in Merida, Zulia,
Tachira and Trujillo states, as reported by the Minister of Popular
Power for Agriculture and Soils, El?as Jaua.


President Chavez insists: The Only Road is towards Socialism!


Monday, 16 November 2009

All true revolutionaries in Venezuela insist that the only solution to
the current imperialist threat is socialism. On November 15, 2009, on
the occasion of the elections for the delegates of the congress of the
United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) President Hugo Chavez Frias
again confirmed this urgent endeavor. At this decisive stage of the
Bolivarian Revolution, the development of the 'young' Marx from the
critique of religion to criticism of the State, of the bourgeois
revolution, to the defense of human, proletarian emancipation, is very
educative indeed.


Venezuela: Interview with Comrade Katy Jaimes, delegate to the
Extraordinary Congress of the PSUV




Thursday, 28 January 2010

At the First Extraordinary Congress of the PSUV, which began in November
last year and finishes this April, one can clearly sense a growing anger
of the delegates and members against the reformists and bureaucrats in
the party, as well as a thirst for the ideas of marxism. We publish here
an interview with comrade Katy Jaimes, delegate to the Congress for the
Chacao municipality of Miranda State, who lays heavy stress upon the
need to organise a left in the party.


Newsletter January 2010


Wednesday, 20 January 2010

The January edition of the Hands Off Venezuela newsletter is now
available for download. To receive all future editions make sure you
join or renew your Hands Off Venezuela membership. This can be done
online
, by
post
or at
any local meeting.


[Book] Venezuela Speaks! Voices From The Grassroots


Tuesday, 19 January 2010

If mainstream media coverage of Venezuela invokes the singular figure of
president Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías as the sole decision-maker of a
socialist-bound country, Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots
reveals a
politically active populace who says that "with our without Ch?vez" they
will continue spearheading the revolution from below, like they always
have.


Venezuelan Humanitarian Team Arrives in Haiti after Earthquake




Friday, 15 January 2010

Venezuela sent its first aid airplane to Haiti, a Bolivarian National
Armed Force's Hercules C-130, with a fifty-strong advance humanitarian
aid team on board.


US Military Agression against Venezuela escalating




Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez revealed on his Sunday television and
radio program, Aló Presidente, that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
also known as drones, have illegally entered Venezuela's airspace during
the past several days. "A few days ago, one of these military planes
penetrated Venezuela as far as Fort Mara," a Venezuelan military fort in
the State of Zulia, bordering Colombia.


Chávez in Copenhagen: We need a world revolution




Friday, 18 December 2009

At a public meeting organized by various trade union, political
organizations, and solidarity campaigns (including Hands Off Venezuela),
more than 3,000 people in Copenhagen heard President Hugo Chávez
correctly point out that a socialist revolution is the only solution to
the problems of humanity.


The Bolivarian Revolution and Peace


Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Fidel Castro writes "I know Chavez well, and no one could be more
reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the Venezuelan and
Colombian peoples that leads to bloodshed. These are two fraternal
peoples, the same as Cubans living in the east, center and west end of
our island. I find no other way to explain the close relationship
between Venezuelans and Colombians" Read Fidels full thoughts here.


Venezuela's Chavez Calls for International Organisation of Left Parties


Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for the formation of a "Fifth
International" of left parties and social movements to confront the
challenge posed by the global crisis of capitalism.


Chavez: The only solution is that the US withdraws their military bases
from Colombia




Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Chavez: "There is no possible negotiation if [our] sovereignty is
threatened (...) The only solution for Venezuela and Colombia to
reinstate their dialogue is that The United States of America cancels
the installation of military bases in Neogranadine territory."


Venezuelan Government Takes Hold of Two Largest Coffee Companies


Sunday, 15 November 2009

Reducing the market share of Venezuela's two largest coffee makers, Fama
de America and Cafe Madrid, the government nationalized the former and
turned the latter into a mixed enterprise partially owned by the state.

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