Venezuela Symposium Draws Big Names!
 
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:32:55 -0500 (CDT)



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Venezuela Symposium Draws Big Names! [The Nicaragua Network has received this 
important announcement from its sister organization, 
the Venezuela Solidarity Network.]

We've extended the "What's Up With Venezuela" pre-
registration deadline an extra week. That means you 
can still register for $35 until Friday, March 28! Don't 
miss it! Students can register for only $20 but you 
MUST register on-line by Friday, March 28 to get that 
special price. 

For more info and to register online, visit the newly-
launched symposium info site, http://ven
symposium.wordpress.com (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001czJmB6vqFdLF0H4pG-ThtcrKZaCjQrmJODHPFEAaU1jTobCouWleHDVhzq8TeWjBS-X4Fkcid14IHjRrC4zFDrJlVGRuuHbM3FJESSmZ5RWUVva__T9o38RD0w3xQ0tL) or go to our website, 
http://www.vensolid
arity.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001czJmB6vqFdIBOw4TtTSne2pKlAYZ1gRo5KyU6gsbjF05P5bAUvUuhdPq7oB8fQok4rOrrp5U6Y3NdpKjs2D2L1XisYL5YxAIMZP8EvDev0vO9nE9cosF-g==). 
                    

The symposium "What's Up With Venezuela: Popular 
Democracy or Democracy as Usual?" sponsored by 
the US grassroots organization Venezuela Solidarity 
Network and scheduled at Howard University in 
Washington, DC on April 18-20 has drawn an 
impressive line-up of Venezuela experts to present on 
seven panels.

Among the experts who will present on various 
aspects of the Bolivarian process in Venezuela are: 
Ambassador to the US Bernardo Alvarez, Venezuela 
Supreme Court Justice Fernando Vegas, Torres 
Mayor Julio Chavez, lawyer and author Eva Golinger, 
indigenous leader and Venezuela Congresswoman 
Noeli Poccaterra, Afro-Venezuelan leader Jorge 
Guerrero, political analysts Greg Wilpert of 
venezuelanalysis.com and Mark Weisbrot of the 
Center for Economic Policy Research, labor leaders 
Marcos Garcia and Gonzalo Gomez, Professor and 
author Steve Ellner, and Venezuelan representative to 
the Inter-American Development Bank Adina Bastida. 
These are all confirmed panelists.

This will be the most authoritative conference on 
Venezuela to be held in the United States.  The panels 
of experts will address issues of popular democracy, 
government institutions, the roles in the Bolivarian 
process of labor, indigenous, Afro-Venezuelans, and 
women, the economy, energy, and the environment, 
Socialism in the 21st Century, Venezuela's place in 
the world, and relations between Venezuela and the 
US.

The detailed schedule and registration information is 
available at; www.vensolidarity.o
rg  (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001czJmB6vqFdIBOw4TtTSne2pKlAYZ1gRo5KyU6gsbjF05P5bAUvUuhdPq7oB8fQok4rOrrp5U6Y3NdpKjs2D2L1XisYL5YxAIMZP8EvDev0vO9nE9cosF-g==)or by calling 202-544-9355.

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