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AFGJ [ https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7315/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=7175 ] solidarity with Venezuela and ALBA!
„Latin America has already freed itself from US hegemony,“ *Noam Chomsky *told the Alliance for Global Justice staff when he accepted our invitation to brunch earlier this year. A big part of what makes this statement true is thanks to Venezuela and the ALBA cooperative trade countries. (ALBA stands for Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas which includes Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Cuba, and Ecuador.)
Since the election of President Hugo Chavez in 1998, Venezuela has made huge strides in using its oil wealth to reduce poverty, increase participatory democracy and economic rights, and to foster cooperative trade instead of „free trade“ in the Americas. Alliance for Global Justice has stood with Venezuela and the ALBA countries as they’ve said NO to US imperialism and predatory business practices. AfGJ has exposed and opposed US interference in their elections and helped to lead a solidarity movement which demands changes in US foreign policy to make our country a better neighbor in the hemisphere.
We have taken delegations to Venezuela and Nicaragua exposing USAID and National Endowment for Democracy efforts to manipulate their elections. We have organized two national conferences in the US highlighting the advances made in Venezuela and US efforts to crush them. We have published articles galore and organized Days of Action to pressure our government.
If you support a strong US movement to respect the sovereignty of other nations, one which believes that Latin America should be free to chart its own destiny free of fear of US military and economic violence, then make a tax-deductible donation [ http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7315/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=7175 ] to Alliance for Global Justice TODAY!