NEWCASTLE — Venezuelan revolutionary Carolus Wimmer wound up his national speaking tour here on March 5 when he addressed 35 people at the Resistance Centre. Wimmer, a member of the Latin American parliament, explained the need for international solidarity with Venezuela's quest for economic and political independence from US imperialism.
Following the meeting, activists plan to establish a Venezuela solidarity committee, to be part of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network.
Wimmer was greeted by local Aboriginal elder and Indigenous-rights activist Arthur Ridgeway, who expressed his support for Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution and conveyed his greetings to the Indigenous people of Venezuela.
Perry Brown
From Green Left Weekly, March 15, 2006.
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