'Chavez, Venezuela & the New Latin America'
By
Adrian Garcia
Los Angeles
Published Feb 13, 2005 9:20 PM
Aleida Guevara, daughter
of legendary revolutionary leader Che Guevara, traveled to Venezuela in February
2004 to experience the "Bolivarian Revolution" first hand. Guevara, herself a
Cuban pediatrician, compiled invaluable interviews with President Hugo
Chávez, his supporters, Cuban doctors serving in Venezuela and others.
From all this, she has created a riveting and informational documentary
entitled, "Chávez, Venezuela and the New Latin America."
Los Angeles premiere of Guevara's film at International Action Center office.
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The
documentary begins with images of pro-Chávez demonstrators, mostly poor
and working people of color, converging in the thousands, proclaiming their
loyalty to the advances promulgated by the "Bolivar ian Revolution."
Chants of "Chávez no se va!"--Chávez will not go!--are a
testament to the dedication of the people not to allow Washing ton or anybody
else to usurp their sovereignty.
Guevara's extensive interview with Hugo
Chávez reveals his revolutionary awakening while serving in the military
as a young poor worker with indigenous roots. He describes, with great
historical analysis, the conditions of poverty and submission to capitalist
bosses Venezuela was experiencing when he and other military officers attempted
to wrest power from the subservient government in 1992 in an unsuccessful
coup.
Chávez also recounts the struggles and achievements of the
Bolivarian Revolution following his electoral victory in 1999 and the looming
recall attempt last Aug. 15.
Chávez's head of the Venezuelan Armed
Forces, Gen. Jorge Garcia Carneiro, speaks in detail about the U.S.-sponsored
coup in April 2002 which brought out hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans to
take over the Presidential Palace of Mira flores demanding the return of their
president.
Heartfelt testimonials give insight to the progressive nature
of the Bolivarian Revolution. A mother at a demonstration tells how her daughter
is in a university as a result of the Bolivarian Revolution. An indigenous woman
from the Amazon speaks about gains achieved in the most remote regions of
Venezuela under Chávez.
Cuban doctors who work under the Barrio
Adentro program, serving the most marginalized neighborhoods of Caracas, talk
about their mission to serve the oppressed.
"Chávez, Venezuela and
the New Latin America" provides a unique insight into the changing political
atmosphere in Latin America.
Chávez quotes Fidel Castro when asked
what is on the horizon for Venezuela: "A new wave will arrive in Latin America,
but in a different form."
The Bolivarian Revolution is at the forefront
of that new wave.
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