A national conference organised by the Venezuela Information Centre

Sponsored by AMICUS, CWU, Thompsons Solicitors. Supported by UNISON, T&G, GMB, UCU, NUM, CYWU, SERTUC, Noticias Latin America and War on Want.

Saturday 28 October, 10.00am–5.30pm
City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Nearest tube: London Bridge or Tower Hill.
(Map: www.london.gov.uk/gla/locationmap.jsp)

Speakers include:
• Augusto Montiel, Venezuelan National Assembly Deputy (MP) from the MVR party of which Hugo Chavez is President.
• Diluvina Cabello and Juana Garcia of the Venezuelan National Institute of Women - INAMUJER
• H.E Alfredo Toro Hardy, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Ken Livingstone
• Tony Benn
• Juan-Carlos Boue, PDVSA/Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Resource Unit
• Colin Burgon MP
• Dr Julia Buxton, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
• Jeremy Corbyn MP
• Dr Francisco Dominguez, Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Middlesex
• Richard Gott, Author, Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution
• Joni McDougall, International Solidarity Officer, GMB
• Gloria Mills, National Equalities Officer, UNISON
• Kaveh Moussavi, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
• Ann Pettifor, Advocacy International
• Derek Simpson, General Secretary, AMICUS
• Hugh O’Shaughnessy, writer on Latin America affairs
• Keith Sonnett, Deputy General Secretary, UNISON
• Rod Stoneman, Executive Director, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
• Zuleiva Vivas, Cultural Attaché at the Embassy for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Gregory Wilpert, Editor of VenezuelaAnalysis.com
• Cllr Salma Yaqoob

Themes include:
• ‘Venezuela’s social missions
• Venezuela’s economic alternative
• Women’s revolution in Venezuela
• Trade unions and Venezuela
• Diversity and indigenous rights in Venezuela
• The media war against Chavez
• Democracy and popular participation in Venezuela
• Who is supporting terrorism in Latin America?
• Cuba, Venezuela and the new Latin American left
• Culture, protest and political change in Venezuela
• US globalisation: debt and poverty in Latin America
• Building solidarity with Venezuela

Registration Fee:
• Individuals: £8 (waged) £5 (unwaged/students)
• Organisation Delegates:
£20 (national organisation with over 10,000 members)
£10 (national organisation with less than 10,000 members or regional/local delegate)