TODOS SOMOS
VENEZUELA
GLOBAL DIALOGUE FOR PEACE,
SOVEREIGNTY AND BOLIVARIAN DEMOCRACY
Caracas, September 16th -
19th, 2017
CARACAS
PROCLAMATION
We, the
representatives of political, social, religious and trade union organizations
and the personalities and intellectuals from 60 countries of the world have
gathered in Caracas from September 16th to September 19th,
2017, in the framework of the World Conference "Todos Somos Venezuela: Dialogue for Peace, Sovereignty and
Bolivarian Democracy". We firmly support the people and government of
Venezuela in the face of the US imperialism attacks, which every day aggravates
its destabilizing actions against the Bolivarian Homeland. These actions have
reached their most dramatic expression in the fascist violence unleashed
between the months of April and July of this year, which left the unfortunate
balance of 115 dead citizens, thousands of injured, generalized damages and
psychological aggression against the entire Venezuelan people.
Today, the political
aggression of the US imperialism is carried out personally by US President
Donald Trump, who not only threatens to use his military forces against
Venezuela but also leads a rarely seen diplomatic siege from the Organization
of American States (OAS) with the participation of some governments of the
region in order to undermine the strength of the Bolivarian democracy. At the
same time, he formalizes, through an Executive Order, the implementation of the
financial blockade that had already been applied "to choke the Venezuelan
economy."
The imperialist
aggression against the Bolivarian Revolution is a flagrant violation of the
Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace endorsed by
the presidents of all the countries of the region during the Second Summit of
the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Havana in
January 2014, which defends the sovereign right of each country to determine
its own destiny without foreign interference.
The administration of
President Donald Trump, along with prominent spokesmen of the Venezuelan
anti-nationalist opposition, deploys a plan aimed at destabilizing the State
institutions through a set of maneuvers that were unveiled and defeated thanks
to a political decision of great significance based on the philosophical
thinking of Commander Hugo Chavez, historical leader of the Bolivarian
Revolution, as it was the election, establishment and setting up of the
National Constituent Assembly.
Through the
Constituent Assembly, the Venezuelan people inaugurates a new historical moment
ratifying and deepening the foundations of the social, democratic State of law
and justice enshrined in the Bolivarian Constitution of 1999. At the same time,
peace was reached in a clear demonstration of the failure of the extreme
right-wing forces that carried out the horror of the generalized violence.
We, the
representatives of political, social, religious and trade union organizations
and the personalities and intellectuals attending this World Conference "Todos Somos Venezuela: Dialogue for
Peace, Sovereignty and Bolivarian Democracy" are firmly convinced of the
importance of the political dialogue promoted by President Nicolas Maduro, with
its most recent meeting held in the Dominican Republic by representatives of
the Bolivarian Government and those of the so-called Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Opposition Coalition’s Parties), an
alliance that brings together all sectors of the Venezuelan opposition. Hence,
we strongly support the dialogue proposal promoted by the Bolivarian
Government.
Quite the contrary to
the statements made by extreme right-wing sectors in different parts of the
world with the support of the large transnational corporations of
disinformation, we emphasize that the electoral and democratic agenda
continues. In Venezuela, in a few weeks, there will be regional elections, and
the municipal and presidential elections will be held in 2018, as well as the
referendum that will confirm or not the new constitutional text drafted by the
National Constituent Assembly. In what other country of the world can a
democratic practice of such dimension be found?
Hence, we condemn the
despicable lies, fake news and distortions about Venezuelan reality as the main
strategy to discredit the Bolivarian Revolution and the legitimate government
of President Nicolas Maduro.
We also support the
efforts of the government and the people of Venezuela to overcome the serious
problems arising from the economic warfare conducted from the highest levels of
the US government.
Our commitment to
peace, sovereignty and the Bolivarian democracy is closely linked to the
development of a broad and permanent conference of solidarity in each country,
promoted by every political, social, religious and trade union organization of democratic
nature that participates in this Conference.
The defense of the
Bolivarian Revolution is an unavoidable
duty of the peoples of Latin America, the Caribbean and the world. This
is based on the understanding that in Venezuela, the right to sovereignty,
independence, self-determination and integration of our peoples is defended.
Using the words of
Jose Marti, with the defense of the independence of Venezuela we will prevent
the United States from falling, with an even greater force, upon our American lands.
Caracas, September 19th,
2017
TODOS SOMOS VENEZUELA
The national and international participants of the CONFERENCE TODOS SOMOS VENEZUELA, gathered in working groups on September 16th and in plenary on September 17th, 2017, and after an open and frank discussion, agreed to develop the following Action Plan to strengthen solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and to promote the emancipatory struggles of the peoples.
ACTION
PLAN
TASKS
TO BE DEVELOPED:
DISSEMINATION OF THE CONFERENCE
OUTCOMES
All the participants are committed to circulate the
final document of this world conference, sending it to all political, social,
religious, and trade union organizations; as well as the national and
international communities, media and personalities through press conferences and releases, opinion
articles, interviews and social networks among other initiatives; informing
Caracas of these communication activities.
Furthermore, the participants agree to collect
signatures in their countries in support to the Caracas Proclamation and
disseminate the adhesions to the document.
STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT
All the participants are committed to incorporate
statements of support for Venezuela in all the global movements, actions and
events of progressive sectors in which they take part and, in general, in all
international solidarity events with several emancipatory causes.
This on the basis of the development of “los 5 por los 5” campaign, addressed to
the theme of the anti-imperialist struggle deployed in the 5 continents and
with the aim of carrying out activities on the 5th day of each month
in every community to bring peoples together.
SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION
It is agreed to re-launch and reinvigorate the
promotion of the solidarity movement with Venezuela and the emancipatory
movements of the world, starting with the creation of a political coordination
and a monitoring instance to the 2017 Caracas Action Plan.
The participants of the World Conference are committed
to work towards adding more supporters to the Bolivarian Revolution in the
different sites of struggle (trade unions, women organizations, community-based
organizations, cooperatives, religious groups, among others); as well as
setting a solidarity day (for example, solidarity Thursdays in each country or
one day per month).
Likewise, they commit to improve Venezuela’s radius of
influence in all the countries, to develop the Peoples diplomacy and to
increase its contacts in political spaces, legislative chambers and bodies of
different countries.
Also, to contribute to the establishment of solidarity
associations, groups and houses in countries where the solidarity movement with
Venezuela is not yet organized; as well as strengthening it in those countries
where it already exists.
solidarity
DatAbase
Within the framework of the Caracas Conference, it is
proposed to build a database of the existing progressive and solidarity media
and organization, and to promote the incorporation of new social movements,
alternative media, political parties, civil, religious and labor organizations,
and personalities, with the aim of broadening the support movement for
Venezuela.
This database should be distributed to all the
participants in order to coordinate and settle a proper form of relation.
ACTIVE INTERNATIONALISM
It is proposed the establishment of a schedule for
visits of workers (professionals, technicians, among others) willing to come to
Venezuela to perform voluntary activities and of solidarity in the economic-productive
order (medical or pharmaceutical, agricultural, among others).
GLOBAL INFORMATION
CAMPAING “VENEZUELA’S TRUTH”
Launch and coordinate an international information
campaign on Venezuela’s Truth and the Latin American reality in different
languages, covering the following aspects:
• The contrast between the Venezuelan government
policies and the right-wing governments, and disseminate the achievements of
the Bolivarian Revolution.
• The defense of the National Constituent Assembly, its
legitimacy, work and outcomes.
• The dissemination of the progress with regard to the
peace dialogue between the government and the opposition.
• Give visibility to the Venezuelan inclusive model
and in particular to its conception of the Peoples and Communal Power.
• The dismantling of the false offer and counterattack
of neoliberalism in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• The dissemination of the history of U.S. military
interventions (military, media, economic) in Latin America, the Caribbean and
the world.
• Global alert on the danger of war and military
threats of Donald Trump against Latin American and Caribbean Peoples.
• The dismantling of international matrices. It is proposed
that the campaign also addresses the left and progressive movements of the
world in order to avoid confusion and division sown by media corporations
SOCIAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA:
The guideline proposed by President Nicolas Maduro is
adopted: the establishment, activation and deployment of a great international
movement through social media, incorporating young people and specialists in technology,
which would train and prepare them for the battle of ideas through technological
means and instruments. The aim is to make a Revolution, to launch a great
collective and coordinated offensive through social media.
It is proposed
to generate information through social media worldwide, as well as to set a
date to carry out a simultaneous international activity.
The strengthening
of existing digital platforms is also proposed. The website Venezuelanalysis.com makes itself
available for the Conference "Todos
Somos Venezuela", in order to publish documents, videos, photos, among
others.
Furthermore, it
is proposed the establishment of an information portal with contents related to
the approaches designed in the action plan. Such portal shall be able to gather
solidarity activities that take place around the world: Todo por la Paz and Todos
Somos Venezuela. It would be the organizational center of the Committees emerging
as beacons of hope.
It was also proposed to make use of social media – Facebook,
Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, Whatsapp and others – to counter the media war and
to show Venezuelan actual reality; also to create global hash tags to make the
support messages for Venezuela more visible.
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA
It is proposed to create an international
communication body (a magazine) such as the Cuban Granma International; as well
as to strengthen the distribution and dissemination of the Telesur signal throughout the world and the expansion of its
correspondents; also to set up a platform of journalists and alternative media around
the world to counter the media war promoted by the global mass media.
AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT
It is reaffirmed
the need to increase the production of audiovisual pieces, in the different
languages available, through online content repositories or existing digital
platforms (such as Telesur website,
among others).
It is also
reaffirmed the making of audiovisual shows and film cycles on Venezuela, as part
of the battle in the symbolic front to promote the concept of the Revolution
and the Bolivarian project.
In this sense, it is proposed the worldwide launch of
films and documentaries produced by Venezuela in a simultaneous and coordinated
way in different countries.
MEDIA OBSERVATORY
It is proposed to create an observatory to collect,
analyze and monitor media campaigns against Venezuela. This data and its analysis
would be disseminated among Venezuela's network of contacts and support
platforms.
LEGAL STEPS AGAINST THE MEDIA
WHICH ATTACK VENEZUELA
To seek legal mechanisms to sue the international media
conducting fake news campaigns, specifically identifying those which carry out
this aggression.
BOICOT CAMPAIGNS
It is proposed to boycott transnational corporations
that promote military invasions in our countries.
CAMPAIGNS IN THE USA
It is proposed that this campaign has a special
emphasis on the population of the US, alerting on the consequences that economic
sanctions against Venezuela and a possible military intervention could bring to
its population.
THE CARIBBEAN
The Caribbean should receive its own approach and
special attention within the Venezuela’s Truth campaign, with emphasis on the
achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution, as well as the positive impacts of the
integration achieved through Petrocaribe.
CULTURE AS A VENUE FOR SOLIDARITY
It is proposed to carry out a series of sectorial
events (artists, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and cultural massive fairs
in Venezuela and in the world, organized by solidarity organizations, thus giving
a broad and participatory cultural character with a view to reaching wider
audiences.
Furthermore, to create a progressive cultural platform
(creators and artists) in contrast to the imperial hegemonic culture; to foster
friendship among the children of the world through the carrying of cultural
activities in which they make drawings or love letters addressed to Venezuelan
children.
TODOS SOMOS VENEZUELA LIBRARY
It is welcomed President Nicolas Maduro's proposal to
create an Editorial Fund or Library called "Todos Somos Venezuela" for the dissemination of knowledge:
books, pamphlets and audiovisual pieces about the Venezuelan reality in the
world.
TRAINING
It is proposed to create a Latin American Thinking
Institute for the production and dissemination of emancipatory knowledge; as
well as a Training School for popular communicators, in order to build a
discourse that makes us win the battle of ideas, the war.
BORDERS
Arrange border meetings to strengthen Venezuela’s
network of solidarity, especially in Colombia and Brazil.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND
FEMINIST STRUGGLES
Coordinate solidarity movements with Venezuela within
the indigenous population that supports them; as well as with the feminist
movements of America.
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Demand that international organizations such as the
OAS, UN (Human Rights Council) and the European Union respect the
self-determination of the Venezuelan people and that they cease their interventionism,
sending letters and messages through social media from social movements,
personalities, creators, and others, to official accounts.
It is also proposed to unify efforts and articulate
with trade union organizations, with a view to facing the attacks against our
countries. Organizations such as: UN Human Rights Council, International Labor
Organization (ILO) and Social and Labor Bodies of Mercosur.
SCHEDULE OF SOLIDARITY
ACTIVITIES
·
September 18th to October 10th,
2017. Public contest of posters "Solidarity to Venezuela" containing
the symbolic elements of solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution. Three
winners will be chosen to present their works at the International Assembly of
the Peoples (to be held in March 2018 in Caracas). The first place will obtain a
week-long tour around Venezuela.
·
September 21st, 2017. Celebration of the
World Day of Peace; activities in solidarity with Venezuela will be carried
out.
·
September 23rd, 2017. A political activity
will be held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in defense of Venezuela.
·
September 27th, 2017. Public demonstrations
will be carried out in cities around the world and will be organized by the
solidarity movement in support of the dialogue in Venezuela.
·
From October 2017 onwards. Mobilization of solidarity
in each international event against the US threats and its allies; attacks on
the people and government of Venezuela will be denounced: World Festival of
Youth and Students, Assembly of Peoples, Centennial of the Revolution, World
Consultative Council of Peace in Vietnam.
·
From October 2nd - 14th, 2017. Worldwide activities in all the participating
countries, prior to the Governors elections, in which the electoral process
(which ratifies full democracy in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) is
widely discussed, making use of the social media.
·
From October 5th – 8th, 2017.
World Day of street mobilization and solidarity "Todos Somos Venezuela", including visits to the US embassies ,
rejecting the aggressions against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, among
other actions.
·
From October 6th – 7th, 2017.
"Caribbean Peace Conference" in Barbados; an activity aimed at
commemorating the anniversary of the tragedy in which an airplane exploded,
killing 76 young Cubans (the idea is to consolidate a Caribbean peace
movement).
·
From October 8th - 12th, 2017.
The participation in the events organized in commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the martyrdom and legacy of Commander Che Guevara, in response
to the invitation of President Evo Morales and held in Bolivia-Santa Cruz,
Valle Grande.
·
October 12th, 2017. World Day for Venezuela
on the occasion of the Indigenous Resistance Day, organized by Venezuelan
diplomatic representations around the world. Also, mobilizations will take
place towards US diplomatic missions around the world, in rejection to its
interventionist policy.
·
From October 14th – 22nd, 2017.
The participation in the 19th World Youth and Students Festival.
Taking the Venezuelan case to the anti-imperialist tribunal as well as organizing
a special program on Venezuela, joining forces with delegations from different
countries.
·
October 16th, 2017. A special activity will
be held by the 16th of every month in all countries, in order to
condemn colonialism in Our America, terrorism in Venezuela and anywhere in the
world.
·
From October 26th – 30th, 2017.
The participation in the Caribbean Peoples Assembly, to be held in the
Dominican Republic.
·
From October 27th – 28th, 2017. Convene a Solidarity Meeting with Venezuela. For
the next six months, there are 3 major actions proposed; the first one during
the month of October with the artists, the second one in December with the
religious people and the third one in February with the academics.
·
From November 14th – 18th, 2017.
Convene a Hemispheric Meeting of Struggle against Transnational and
Neoliberalism for Democracy and Integration in Montevideo.
·
From December 6th – 10th, 2017. Convene
a Bolivarian Inter-religious Meeting in Caracas. This activity will bring
together around 20 religious leaders from Latin America and an Ecumenical
Celebration in the Cuartel de la Montaña
will be held, in addition to meetings, exchanges and tours to support the
Bolivarian Revolution, the Government of Nicolas Maduro and the National
Constituent Assembly.
·
From December 8th – 10th, 2017. The
participation in the EIT Open World Conference against War and Exploitation of
the EIT, to be held in Algiers (Algeria); an entity that has spoken in
solidarity with the Venezuelan workers and people.
·
December 20th, 2017. The designation of
December 20th as the "International Day against Imperialism", in
commemoration of the invasion perpetrated by the United States to Panama in
1989.
·
Throughout December. The use of the symbology of the
Christmas holidays to promote a global message of solidarity with Venezuela against
international aggression. A campaign for peace. (An example of a message could
be "Venezuela wants peace").
·
February – March, 2018. Hold a Solidarity Meeting in
Brussels, Belgium.
·
March, 2018. Hold a World Meeting of people’s
organizations in Caracas.
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