By William Camacaro National Co-Coordinator Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested since the start of the…
By William Camacaro National Co-Coordinator Venezuelan girl kidnapped by the United States has returned to Venezuela The ordeal of two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza, separated from her mother for over a year, has concluded with her return to Venezuela. Her parents had immigrated to the United States and briefly resided in El Paso, Texas, where they worked…
By William Camacaro (National Co-Coordinator) In the video we can see the presentation of Vanessa Ramos, who has played a stellar role for all who struggle for freedom, peace, justice, and equality. Since 2007, Vanessa has chaired the American Association of Jurists (AAJ), an NGO in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social…
Article by Walterio Lanz (from La Inventadera) Translated by William Camacaro, National Co-Coordinator In the Bolivarian Revolution, since the time of Chávez, there has been an immense concern to guarantee food security and sovereignty and to ensure the right of the people to access quality food. President Chávez, and now President Nicolás Maduro, have given…
By William Camacaro (National Co-Coordinator) I decided to visit the small Afro-Venezuelan fishing village called Chuao on the central coast of the state of Aragua to talk with Julio Cesar Moreno, better known as Diente de Conejo, or “Tooth of the Rabbit.” Julio was for many years an advisor to the government of President Chávez…
By William Camacaro (National Co-Coordinator) Water is a natural resource of the utmost importance for life in all its forms. Human settlements, on any continent, were born around rivers, lakes, lagoons, springs and a variety of bodies of water existing in the world, since it is an essential element for basic subsistence. Water is necessary…
By William Camacaro and Natalia Schuurman Earlier this month, on October 5, the Feria Conuquera celebrated a decade of existence. The celebrations took place in the Sucre de los Caobos park in Caracas, Venezuela. Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) has fostered a close bond with this agroecological collective working to advance food sovereignty in Venezuela…
Last Thursday, September 5th, AFGJ met with Oscar Schemel, electoral consultant and president of the Venezuelan polling firm, Hinterlaces. For us it was an extraordinary experience to have a meeting with someone who has become a kind of “guru” of electoral statistics in Venezuela. Schemel’s objectivity and ability to make observations and criticisms as an…
AFGJ has been in the ground with social movements since the people of Venezuela elected United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidate Nicolás Maduro. We saw hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans flood the streets of Caracas and hundreds of cities across the country to show the world who voted for Maduro. William Camacaro (National Co-Coordinator…
By William Camacaro, Program Coordinator We had the opportunity to meet with an iconic leader of the Venezuelan campesino movement in the city of San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela. José Pimentel is a well-known defender of land rights. For this reason Pimentel has been the target of at least three assassination attempts by large landowners. While…
