Dear friend, I knew about Chuck Kaufman years before meeting him, and I learned about the Nicaragua Network and the Alliance for Global Justice well before getting involved. Back in the 80s and 90s, I suddenly lost my job because of anti-war activities. I was a minimum-wage worker, so the blow was pretty hard. A…
Join AFGJ and Radio Negro Primero for a conversation about the current geopolitical situation in Venezuela, threats to democracy, Latin American integration and the upcoming inauguration of Nicolas Maduro featuring special guest Roger Waters. Battle of Ideas is a radio program organized by the Alliance for Global Justice and Radio Primero Negro (RNP) 101.1…
Venezuela’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, discusses what he describes to be an ongoing multifaceted coup attempt against Venezuela in the aftermath of its recent July 28, 2024 presidential election. We thank TeleSUR for granting us permission to re-publish this video in English.
AFGJ met with Venezuelan journalist Mary Dugarte during our accompaniment of the July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela. Dugarte discusses Venezuela’s evolving Plan for the Homeland initiated by former president Hugo Chávez. This blueprint for sovereign development in Venezuela comprises eight laws concerning key sectors of popular power in Venezuela: economic, social, cultural, educational and…
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…
Braulio Álvarez is a well-known community leader and National Assembly member in Venezuela, where he serves on the Finance Committee. He has been the target of multiple assassination attempts against peasant leaders reclaiming collective ownership of land. Álvarez discusses the legacy of the Bolivarian Revolution and empowerment of the rural working class formative to…
[Originally from Idaho, Becca Renk has lived in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, for more than 20 years, working in sustainable community development with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America. Becca coordinates the Casa Benjamin Linder solidarity project in Managua.] “Yes, I’m Nicaraguan,” answers the gray-haired man in the seat next to me…
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…
An Alliance for Global Justice delegation met with former political prisoner and Venezuela’s Investments Head Alex Saab in Caracas, in the days preceding the July 28 presidential election. We discussed Venezuela’s booming economic recovery, projections for the presidential election, unilateral coercive measures and the United States’ criminalization of humanitarian aid. We thank Pacifica Foundation TV…
