[antiwar-van] (Updated) NOV 11-13: 4th Annual Vancouver International Che Guevara Conference

[Tamara Hansen]

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4th ANNUAL VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHE GUEVARA CONFERENCE
“CUBA TODAY: The Gains & Challenges”

RUSSIAN HALL
600 Campbell Ave.
Vancouver, BC, Canada

CONFERENCE: November 11-12, 2011 – 10am-7pm
SPECIAL 5 CUBAN HEROES EXHIBITION AND CULTURAL EVENT:  November 13, 2011  2pm-6pm 

10 workshops in two days to provide enough time for discourse, debate, argument, polemics and politics!

The 4th Annual Vancouver International Che Guevara Conference will feature many very special guests including:

DR. ALEIDA GUEVARA  * Havana, Cuba
Cuban revolutionary leader, a pediatrician, prominent author of the book, “Chavez, Venezuela and the New Latin America” and daughter of the legendary Ernesto Che Guevara.

MANUEL YEPE *  Havana, Cuba
Journalist and professor at the Superior Institute of International Relations of Havana. Manuel was a leader of the underground July 26 Movement in Matanzas leading up to the triumph of the Cuban revolution, and worked directly with Ernesto Che Guevara.

MARIA DE LA LUZ B’HAMEL  *  Ottawa, Canada
Minister Councilor to Cuban Embassy in Canada.

NELSON VALDES  *  Albuquerque, NM, USA
Nelson P. Valdes is the creator and director of the first university computerized data base on Latin America (LADB in 1986), University of New Mexico. He is a Latin Americanist, Sociologist. Emeritus Professor. Specialist on Cuba and the US Southwest. He has written analytical and opinion pieces for numerous newspapers, magazines and academic journals. He was born in Cuba.

LARRY MOSQUEDA  *  Olympia, WA, USA
Professor of Political Economy at Evergreen State University in Olympia, Washington, USA and long-time social justice activist.

WENDY HOLM  *  Vancouver, BC, Canada 
Professor of UBC’s International Field Studies in Sustainable Agriculture (Cuba), economist, author and award winning journalist and sustainability expert. Wendy is also the organizer of the Canada-Cuba Farmer to Farmer Project.

CINDY DOMINGO * Seattle, WA, USA
Cindy Domingo is co-chair of the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration and the Cuba, Women and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Cindy has been co-leading women's delegations to Cuba since 2000.

MOON VASQUEZ * Seattle, WA, USA
Latina Lesbian Feminist active in Seattle’s social justice community for many years.  Moon has helped lead numerous women’s delegations to Cuba and Mexico to promote peace and understanding across borders with the Everywoman’s Delegation for Cuba and the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration. 

Over the two days we will discuss many important topics at this conference, including Cuba's recent reforms, sustainability and cooperatives, China and Cuba, Cuba's foreign policy, Fidel and Libya, Cuba and socialist ideas, Che's ideas for our struggle today and many others!
FOR FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM VISIT:
http://vancouverinternationalcheconference.blogspot.com/2010/11/2011-che-conference-program-friday.html 

REGISTER ONLINE NOW (it’s free)!
http://vancouverinternationalcheconference.blogspot.com/

TO VIEW THE CONFERENCE POSTER, PLEASE VISIT:
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/posters/11111112checonference.pdf

We look forward to having you join us for this special event! 

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http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/  
http://vancouverinternationalcheconference.blogspot.com/