On December 14, Southern Californians rallied outside the Westwood Federal Building in support of President Hugo Chavez's Government in Venezuela. See photographs from the demonstration (and check out the amazing string of
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Chavez, who came to power in a stunning electoral landslide in 1998, is under attack from forces that support the traditional Venezuelan oligarchy. These forces include the managers of the country's nationalized oil industry (appointed by the pre-Chavez regimes), the heads of the established labor unions (organized by the CIA during the Cold War), the Carcas elite, the professional class that serves that elite, the oligarch-owned Venezuelan media, and, of course, the U.S. State Department (overtly during April's failed coup, slightly-less-overtly at the present moment).
Check out SF indymedia's interview with Narco News' Al Giordano about the current situation in Venezuela. Also, check out these amazing sites for updates on Venezuela: Venezuela Headlines; and the Revolutionary Popular Assembly (For the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) Website (the Spanish Language version of the website has a page with a link to the LA IMC). Finally, Check out Global Indymedia's most recent feature on Venezuela.
Los Angelinos Defend the Democratically Elected Government of Venezuela! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela!