25/05/2010
Ambassador Samuel Moncada speaks at Hands Off Venezuela Conference

The Venezuelan Ambassador in London, Samuel Moncada, spoke at the Hands Off Venezuela Conference last Saturday about the outrageous campaign of media manipulation against Chavez and the Venezuelan revolution. This included not only the open and blatant lies of Fox News and others, but also the more subtle disinformation of “respectable” outlets like BBC News, he explained.

Moncada explained how the United States has a long history of intervention in Latin America and how it is still today, a threat to the Bolivarian Revolution. He went into detail about the US military presence in the region, not only in Colombia, but also in the Dutch islands of Aruba and Curaçao, just off the coast of Venezuela.

A lively question and answer session, showed the interest of the audience in the most recent developments of the revolution, including the question of the ownership of the means of production, the Bolivarian militia, etc.  The morning session finished with a unanimous vote in favour of resolutions about the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution, against the threat of US intervention and in solidarity with the struggle of the occupied factories and demanding their nationalisation (see text of the resolutions).

Excerpts taken from a press release by Hands Off Venezuela

Press Unit of the Venezuelan Embassy in London