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the Day of Venezuela's elections: Celebrating the popular left movements</b></small><b><small>
in Latin America </small><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 18pt;"><strong><em>JOIN
AN IMPORTANT RALLY ON:</em></strong></div>
<div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 16pt;"><strong><em>SUNDAY,
OCT. 7, 2-4 PM,<br>
24th & Mission Sts., San Francisco</em></strong><em><br>
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<div
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Sunday,
October 7th, historic presidential elections in Venezuela will
take place, with all polls showing that President Hugo Chávez is ahead.
However, with the U.S. financing opposition groups, who support
rightwing candidate Henrique Capriles, the progressive community of the
Bay Area must be on the alert. </span></div>
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align="left"><span> </span></p>
<div
style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span>In
spite
of enormous difficulties and threats by the right wing and
counterrevolutionaries of Venezuela and the U.S. State Department,
Venezuela under the leadership of Chávez has managed to become a
fundamental base for the development of the left in all of the
Americas, and progress for the peoples of Latin America and the
Caribbean.</span></div>
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align="left"><span> </span></p>
<div
style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span>Join
us
in a spirited rally at 24th St. and Mission, this Sunday, 2 pm to 4
pm, to celebrate the accomplishments of the peoples in the Americas,
and to show our support for Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan people in
their Bolivarian revolutionary process. And stay tuned for any possible
developments in the coming days.</span></div>
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<div
style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span>Initiated
by: </span><span>B.A.L.A.S.C</span></div>
<div
style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span>Sunday,
October 7, 2-4pm, 24 and Mission, San Francisco</span></div>
<div
style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span>Call:
<a href="tel:415-821-6545" target="_blank" value="+14158216545">415-821-6545</a></span></div>
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align="left"><span> </span></p>
<div
style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span>Supported
by: </span><span>FMLN-NorCA, Task Force on the Americas, School of the
Americas Watch,<span> </span>Haiti Action Committee, ANSWER Coalition,
Hondureńos en Resistencia-NorCA, National Committee to Free the Cuban
Five.</span></div>
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