[antiwar-van] *SUNDAY* "What is Really Happening in Venezuela?" Public Forum

[Tamara Hansen]

~ La versión en español sigue la versión en inglés ~
PUBLIC FORUMWhat is Really Happening in Venezuela?
SUNDAY, October 215pmVancouver Public Library350 West Georgia St.Downtown Vancouver, Canada
A Free Community Gathering Featuring Guest Speakers:
**CARLOS RON**VICE MINISTER Venezuelan Ministry of External Affairs for North America
**STEVE ELLNER**PROFESSOR Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
** Introduction by ALAN FREEMAN - Founding member of the Venezuela Peace Committee – Winnipeg 
> Professor Ellner will also be speaking at public events at Vancouver Island University in NANAIMO and Thompson Rivers University in KAMLOOPS on MONDAY, OCTOBER 22. More info: www.firethistime.net
> These events are part of a speaking tour organized by the Campaign to End US & Canada Sanctions on Venezuela. More info: https://afgj.org/focus-areas/venezuela-solidarity-campaign/campaign-to-end-us-and-canada-sanctions-against-venezuela
The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on Venezuela and is joining with five other right-wing Latin America countries to attempt to bring the government of President Nicolas Maduro to the International Criminal Court. The United States has inflicted its own crippling sanctions and is increasingly violent in its rhetoric against the country. The mainstream media constantly repeats that Venezuela is a human-rights abusing dictatorship with a refugee crisis comparable to Syria.
Is this the only side to the story, or is there more at play? Come to listen and discuss “What is Really Happening in Venezuela?” for yourself!
FULL SPEAKER BIOS:CARLOS RON is Vice Minister of Foreign Relations for North America at the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs. He had previously served in the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. in charge of Venezuelan business affairs in the United States since March 2017. He was posted for four years in the political section of the Venezuelan Embassy in Brazil, and he was an adviser in the Office of Foreign Relations of the Presidency of Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez. He graduated from Latin American Studies at Rutgers University and specialized in International Relations in the University of Brasilia.
STEVE ELLNER earned his Ph.D. in Latin American history at the University of New Mexico in 1980. Since 1977 he has taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela and for a ten year period taught in the graduate school of law and political science of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He has been a visiting professor at St. John Fisher College (2001), Georgetown University (2004), Duke University (2005), Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela, 2008), Universidad de Buenos Aires (2010), Australian National University (2013), and Tulane University (2015).
Read the latest Fire This Time Article, “Why is CBC Lying About Venezuela? Anna-Maria Tremonti Manufactures Dissent” http://www.firethistime.net/articles/Volume12/V12I10/why-is-the-cbc-lying-about-venezuela-anna-maria-tremonti-manufactures-dissent.html
Organized by: Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice (FTT) – Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
Endorsed by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade (FCAB-Vancouver), Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO), Iranian Community Against War (ICAW), Youth Third-World Alliance, Fire This Time Newspaper, Battle of Ideas Press - Canada, Stories from the Salish Sea, Communist Party of Canada-ML, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) – Vancouver
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¿Qué está pasando en Venezuela?
DOMINGO 21 de octubre5pmVancouver Public Library350 West Georgia St.Downtown Vancouver, Canada
Una reunión de la comunidad con invitados especiales:
** CARLOS RON **VICE MINISTRO Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela para América del Norte
** STEVE ELLNER **PROFESOR Universidad de Oriente en Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
** Introducción por ALAN FREEMAN - Miembro fundador del Comité de Paz de Venezuela - Winnipeg
> El profesor Ellner también hablará en eventos públicos en Vancouver Island University en NANAIMO y Thompson Rivers University en KAMLOOPS el LUNES, 22 DE OCTUBRE. Detalles completos en www.firethistime.net.
> Estos eventos forman parte de una gira de conferencias organizada por la Campaña para terminar con las sanciones de Estados Unidos y Canadá en Venezuela. Detalles completos en https://afgj.org/focus-areas/venezuela-solidarity-campaign/campaign-to-end-us-and-canada-sanctions-against-venezuela
El gobierno de Canadá ha impuesto sanciones a Venezuela y se está uniendo a otros cinco países latinoamericanos de derecha para intentar llevar al gobierno del presidente Nicolas Maduro a la Corte Penal Internacional. Estados Unidos ha impuesto sus propias sanciones agobiantes y es cada vez más violento en su retórica contra el país. Los principales medios de comunicación repiten constantemente que Venezuela es una dictadura que abusa de los derechos humanos con una crisis de refugiados comparable a Siria.
¿Es este el único lado de la historia, o hay más en juego? ¡Venga a escuchar y discutir por su cuenta “¿Qué está pasando en Venezuela?”
BIOGRAFIAS DE LOS ORADORES DISTINGUIDOS:CARLOS RON es Viceministro para América del Norte en el Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores. Anteriormente había prestado servicios en la Embajada de Venezuela en Washington DC a cargo de los asuntos comerciales de Venezuela en los Estados Unidos desde marzo de 2017. Estuvo cuatro años en la sección política de la Embajada de Venezuela en Brasil, y fue asesor en la Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores de la Presidencia de Venezuela bajo la presidencia de Hugo Chávez. Se graduó de Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Universidad de Rutgers y se especializó en Relaciones Internacionales en la Universidad de Brasilia.
STEVE ELLNER obtuvo su doctorado en historia de América Latina del University of New Mexico en 1980. Desde 1977 ha enseñado historia económica y ciencias políticas en la Universidad de Oriente en Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela y por un período de diez años en la escuela de postgrado de derecho y ciencias políticas de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Ha sido profesor visitante en St. John Fisher College (2001), Georgetown University (2004), Duke University (2005), Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela, 2008), Universidad de Buenos Aires (2010), Australian National University (2013), y la Tulane University (2015).
Lea “Why is CBC Lying About Venezuela? Anna-Maria Tremonti Manufactures Dissent” (Periódico Fire This Time, octubre de 2018) aquí:http://www.firethistime.net/articles/Volume12/V12I10/why-is-the-cbc-lying-about-venezuela-anna-maria-tremonti-manufactures-dissent.html
Organizado por: el Movimiento Fire This Time por la Justicia Social (FTT) – Campaña de Solidaridad con Venezuela
Endorsado por: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade (FCAB-Vancouver), Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO), Iranian Community Against War (ICAW), Youth Third-World Alliance, Fire This Time Newspaper, Battle of Ideas Press – Canada, Stories from the Salish Sea, Communist Party Canada-ML, Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) – Vancouver
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