Venezuela
By the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Australia
[2008-07-19]W
ostatnich wyborach w związku zawodowym Narodowa Unia Sił
Nauczycielskich (Sindicato Nacional Fuerza Magisterial, Sinafum),
skupiającym istotną część nauczycieli, zdecydowane zwycięstwo odniósł
Orlando Pérez, zwolennik pozostania Sinafum w federacji związkowej
Narodowa Unia Robotników (Unión Nacional de Trabajadores, UNT). Wybory
ogłoszono także w Krajowej Federacji Pracowników Sektora Publicznego
(Federación Nacional de Trabajadores del Sector Empleados Públicos,
Fentrasep), do której należy około 90 proc. urzędników. Mają się one
odbyć 1 października. Komisja Krajowa UNT wyznaczyła w sierpniu kongres
i wybór nowych władz. Te informacje, podobnie jak pogłębianie się
procesu rewolucyjnego, to świetne wiadomości dla wenezuelskich
robotników.
[For more analysis and discussion on the economic changes in Cuba, click HERE.]
By Dave Holmes
[This article and slideshow were presented as a talk to the Geelong branch of Socialist Alliance on October 6, 2010.]
Huge numbers of people took to the streets of Quito, demanding the liberation of their president.
By Mark Weisbrot
October 1, 2010 -- the Guardian -- In June of last year, when the Honduran military overthrew the social-democratic government of Manuel Zelaya, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador took it personally. "We have intelligence reports that say that after Zelaya, I'm next," said Correa.
Download the pamphlet HERE or read on screen below.
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UPDATED September 30, 10pm (Ecuador time): Troops loyal to Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa have freed him from the military hospital where he was previously held hostage by right-wing coup police. He is now addressing a large number of triumphant supporters gathered at the Plaza of Independence in Quito who are chanting: "El pueblo unido jamás... será vencido!"
Triumphant Correa addresses the nation
Quito, September 30 -- Prensa Latina -- After being rescued by elite soldiers from the Metropolitan Police Hospital, where he had been sequestered, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa triumphantly addressed the nation from the balcony of the Presidential Palace.
Click HERE
for official results.
[September 28, 2010 -- According to the United Socialist Party (PSUV) and opposition sources the PSUV and its allies, the Communist Party of Venezuela and Peoples' Electoral Movement (MEP) have won 98 seats, while the parties in the MUD opposition
alliance won 65 seats, the pro-oppositom PPT 2 seats and 2 seats went to Indigenous
independents. However, official results still give 95 to the PSUV and 62 to the opposition.]* * *
By Gonzalo Gomez, Caracas
September 23, 2010 -- Venezuela Solidarity Campaign (UK) -- Venezuelans vote on Sunday, September 26, for the South American country's 165-seat National Assembly – its national parliament. This is the 16th national election or referenda since Hugo Chávez was first elected president in 1998.
Venezuela’s last election, on February 15, 2009, was a referendum to remove presidential term limits. This was endorsed by 54% of the electorate. Sunday’s election is the first to take place against the backdrop of the world recession, which has been hit Venezuela hard, as it has in many other countries.
Prof. Michael Lebowitz on the socialist alternative from Dangerous Minds at Vimeo.
August 30, 2010 -- Michael Lebowitz is a Canadian Marxist economist. He is the director of the “Transformative practice and human development” program at the Venezuela-based left-wing think tank, the Centro Internacional Miranda. He is professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University and author of Build it Now: 21st Century Socialism and the 2004 Isaac Deutscher-prize winning Beyond Capital: Marx's Political Economy of the Working Class. His latest book is The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development.