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Maduro's first decade: Bolivar Hall sees launch of new pamphlet on the trials and triumphs of Venezuela's revolution
Venezuelan ambassador Rocio Maneiro, standing, introduces the address by Francisco Dominguez (sitting, right)
SOLIDARITY activists welcomed the launch of a pamphlet to mark Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s first decade in office at Bolivar Hall on Wednesday night.
Author and Venezuela Solidarity Campaign secretary Francisco Dominguez addressed an audience of trade unionists, social justice campaigners and the Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan ambassadors, outlining Venezuela’s dogged pursuit of socialism at home and anti-imperialism abroad.
When Bolivarian revolutionary leader Hugo Chavez died in 2013, “everyone in the media, the US, the EU thought the opportunity had come to overthrow the revolution,” he said.
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