Venezuela: What Really Happened January 3? What is Happening Now?

Two leading activists and former members of the Bolivarian government will speak to these questions, and then answer yours as we continue to build a movement to support the Bolivarian Revolution, the Venezuelan people, and the President of that country, kidnapped and held for ransom.

Micaela Ovelar, former political advisor to President Hugo Chavez and currently professor of Political Studies, Government and International Relations at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, as well as a member of the “State and Social Protests” Study Group at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela; the “Social Movements and Rural and Urban Education” Study and Research Group at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB), Brazil; and serves on the Editorial Board of the journal *Práticas Educativas, Memórias e Oralidades* (Revpemo) at the Federal University of Ceará (UECE), Fortaleza, Brazil.

Leonardo Flores, Venezuelan-American political analyst and activist with CODEPINK. He is a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and worked as a consultant with the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect. His articles have been published in CounterPunch, Common Dreams, and Peoples Dispatch, among others. Leonardo’s media appearances include Democracy Now, Telesur, RT and Pacifica Network radio stations.

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Sponsored by MAPA Education Fund; cosponsored by CODEPINK