AVSN (Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network) in conjunction with Just Peace Qld and supported by ASLA (Australia Solidarity with Latin America) warmly invite you to this forum which looks back at the life and times of Hugo Chávez, 45th President of Venezuela on the tenth anniversary of his death.
We will be reflecting on his legacy and its meaning for Venezuela and the international solidarity movement. After the celebration, please join us for further discussion over dinner.
Highlights:
Screening of the film: CHASING CHÁVEZ, written and produced by Katrina Channells, who will be present to discuss her film.
This film explores Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution through the eyes of Coral, an Australian activist, who pursues every possible channel to meet her idol, president Hugo Chavez and to present him with her co-authored book “Voices from Venezuela.”
Speakers:
* Daniel Gasparri-Rey: Head of Mission of the Embassy of Venezuela
* Katrina Channells: Writer, Producer of CHASING CHÁVEZ, the movie
* Dr Nazim Yacoub Ahmed: Political Activist from SPLM (Sudan People’s Liberation Movement) and Human Rights Defender
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Nicholás Maduro, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, said of Chávez:
“Ten years after his planting, the people transformed pain into strength to continue mobilizing in the streets, fighting daily for the defence of the Homeland and to consolidate the Bolivarian project that they dreamed of under his leadership…”
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