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…
Join AFGJ for Venezuela Solidarity Network’s next Monthly Webinar/Online Picket Thursday, October 24 at 4 pm PT / 6 pm CT / 7 pm ET Join us for a conversation with Oscar Schemel, Electoral Consultant and President of one of Venezuela’s most credible polling firms, Hinterlaces. We’ll discuss the electoral outcome and the broader context…
Communique: For immediate release Media contact: William Camacaro, Alliance for Global Justice Email: william@afgj.org Phone: +1 (202) 540-8336 Ext. 501 We are a group of 17 citizens of various countries living in the United States, Canada and Costa Rica who visited Venezuela from July 21-31, 2024 to learn about the Bolivarian Revolution underway since 1999, to accompany the…
* On July 28, 2024, Nicolás Maduro was elected president of Venezuela for a third term. With 51.20 percent of votes in favor, the National Electoral Council announced Maduro’s victory in a contest in which nearly 59 percent of the electorate participated. Meanwhile, despite their defeat, Edmundo González and María Corina Machado -disqualified from running…
Join us in Venezuela to celebrate the Bolivarian Revolution and witness popular democracy in action Join us in Venezuela during its presidential elections to witness, experience and learn about popular democracy in action and celebrate 22 years of the Bolivarian Revolution since the attempted coup against President Hugo Chávez. When: July 21-31, 2024 Cost: $1,450/person*…
By James Patrick Jordan Trying to understand the complexities of Haiti and its struggle for real democracy can be difficult. However, the most basic point to grasp is this: since the US directed overthrow of President Jean Bertrand Aristide 20 years ago, Haiti has endured relentless electoral interference, exploitation, invasion, and occupation by or on…
(This is Part 1. Part 2 will be interviews with veterans of the FARC-EP who are signatories to the 2016 peace accord) By James Patrick Jordan En Español Be sure and watch AFGJ’s livestream coverage as results come in from the June 19, 2022 Election Day in Colombia, starting at 4:30pm Eastern Time until…
International Election Monitors in Honduras: Do They Ensure Clean Elections or Whitewash Fraud? http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/4601-international-election-monitors-in-honduras-do-they-ensure-clean-elections-or-whitewash-fraud Written by Chuck Kaufman Early on the morning of Sunday, December 1, people started gathering at the National Pedagogic University in Tegucigalpa with homemade signs to speak out against stealing of the presidential elections. This one reads “Stop the Fraud.” Photo…
This presentation and discussion, filmed by students of the Evergreen State College, was taken from the 2013 Tear Down The Walls National Gathering in Tucson, AZ for broadcast on TCTV and 106.5 KOWA-FM in Olympia, WA. See below for sponsoring organizations and check out our channel for more from this conference hosted by The Alliance…
Preliminary Report of the Delegation of Honduras Solidarity Network regarding the Honduran Elections of 2013 (Originally posted http://www.hondurassolidarity.org/report1/ ) November 26, 2013 Tegucigalpa, Honduras This report is a preliminary summary of observations based on the accounts from the US-based Honduras Solidarity Network / Alliance for Global Justice election observation delegation. The HSN/AGJ delegation was comprised of…
