On August 8, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s elected president, Nicolás Maduro. At the same time, the Trump administration has also announced increased military deployments in Latin America and the Caribbean, sending 4,000 Marines and sailors under the U.S. Southern Command. Both of these actions are part of a campaign of aggression targeting Venezuela, justified with bogus and dangerous lies about drug cartels and narcoterrorism.
During this time of increasing U.S. attacks on Venezuela’s sovereignty and self-determination, people in Venezuela are continuing to do what they have been doing for the past 26 years of the Bolivarian revolutionary process - mobilizing and fighting back. At this month’s webinar we will hear directly from community leaders and organizers in Venezuela about their work to combat U.S. blockade, sanctions and attacks, as we also discuss the importance and urgency of building solidarity with Venezuela in the “belly of the beast”.
Featuring Speakers:
Jorge Vilalta, organizer with the “Movimiento Otro Beta” (“Otro Beta” Movement) community organization empowering the vulnerable and ALBA Movimientos. Jorge is an anti-imperialist activist based in the working-class neighborhood of Petare in Eastern Caracas.
Edimar Martínez, Community activist, speaking about the “Ejército Productivo Obrero,” a self-organized army of militant workers combating the economic crisis and the blockade against Venezuela.
Milagros Dominguez Padilla & José Félix Valera, Media activists with “Voces Antiimperialistas” (anti-imperialist voices) community radio, a project of the Simon Bolivar National Communal Front, based in La Guaira, Venezuela.
Alison Bodine, a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and Coordinator of Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, based in Vancouver, Canada.
This month’s online action will be moderated by Jill Clark-Gollub, with the Americas Without Sanctions Campaign
Organized by the Venezuela Solidarity Network
