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DESCRIPTION:Family members of the victims of right-wing violence, and two delegates of 
 National Assembly, members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela 
 (PSUV), will speak in San Francisco.\n\nFeatured speakers:\nLuis Durán - 
 Father of Elvis Rafael Durán, 29 year old worker who died on Feb. 21, 
 2014, beheaded by galvanized wire strung along a road by right-wing 
 protesters in violence known as “guarimbas.”\n\nDesirée Cabrera - 
 Mother of 19-month-old baby when her child was in a day care center in her 
 government office building, that was attacked and burned by violent 
 right-wing demonstrators. 89 babies were in that center.\n\nNora Delgado - 
 PSUV Congresswoman from Miranda State, elected for 2016-2021; 
 Vice-president of Construction in Petroleos de Venezuela 2014-15; advocate 
 for the rights of Afro-descendant Venezuelans\n\nSaúl Ortega - PSUV 
 Congressman from Carabobo State for 2016-2021; member of Permanent 
 Committee on Foreign Relations since 2000. He investigated the events 
 linked to the coup d’etat of April 11, 2001.\n\nIn 2014, violent protests 
 led by the right-wing opposition broke out after Venezuela’s municipal 
 elections, causing the deaths of 43 people and hundreds injured. These 
 attacks, called “guarimbas”, tried to overthrow the 
 democratically-elected government of President Nicólas Maduro. A guarimba 
 consists of blocking public roads with barricades made of barbed wire, 
 tires, mattresses, and hanging galvanized steel wire across roads. The 
 barricades were guarded by people carrying firearms, who assaulted citizens 
 trying to cross the barricades.\n\nA Committee of Victims of Violent 
 Protests was formed to demand justice for their loved ones who died or were 
 injured. This is a special opportunity to hear from Venezuelans who have 
 traveled to the United States on tour, gathering support for their campaign 
 for justice and to stop the violence that continues.\n\nThe revolutionary 
 government and people of Venezuela need our solidarity more than ever, with 
 U.S. continued aggression, financing of the right-wing and Obama's 
 extension of the illegitimate Executive Order claiming Venezuela to be a 
 national security threat to the U.S.\n\nSponsored by ANSWER Coalition and 
 Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition. \n\nEndorsers include School 
 of the Americas Watch-SF, Task Force on the Americas, Party for Socialism 
 and Liberation, Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee, Workers World 
 Party, Women Organized to Resist and Defend\n\nWheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/13/18785224.php
SUMMARY:Direct from Venezuela
LOCATION:2969 Mission St., near 26th St. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/13/18785224.php
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