About the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign (formerly Venezuela Information Centre)
The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign is a broad-based campaign in solidarity with the people of Venezuela.
Our aims are to:
a) To defend Venezuela's sovereignty and independence; b) To support the right of the Venezuelan people to determine their own future free from external intervention; c) To defend the achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution; d) To provide accurate and up-to-date information in support of democracy and social progress in Venezuela; e) To support and build activity around these objectives throughout Britain, within parliament, regional and local government, the trade unions, amongst women, lesbian and gay communities, Black, Asian and Latin American communities, students and others.
Affiliated organisations to VSC include ASLEF, BECTU, BFAWU, CWU, FBU, GMB, NAPO, RMT, SERTUC, TSSA, UCATT, UCU, Unite the Union and UNISON. Our President is Ken Livingstone and our patrons are Diane Abbott MP, Tony Benn, Rodney Bickerstaffe, Bruce Kent, Caroline Lucas MEP and Ann Pettifor.
Contact VSC:
Write to: PO Box 56210, London, N4 4XH or Telephone: 0207 420 8963 or Email:
An international campaign of misinformation, led by the Bush administration, is seeking to undermine support for the democratic government of Hugo Chávez.
In this section VIC exposes the false claims made in the media.
More rebuttals here, and send your examples of inaccurate coverage to info@vicuk.org
Challenging the media distortions – Join the Media Action Network
The VIC Media Action Network challenges media inaccuracies by alerting you to negative press stories and giving you the facts to help you respond though letters to newspaper editors and with comments on websites. Sign up.
