Venezuela World Youth Festival

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National Youth and Student Coalition's  Participation in the World Festival 
of Youth and Students
Aug. 7 - 15 in Caracas, Venezuela
The ANSWER National Youth and Student Coalition is sending a delegation of 
youth activists from around the country to Caracas, Venezuela to participate 
in "The World Festival of Youth and Students." From August 7 through August 
15, the delegates will join thousands of progressive youth and students from 
Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas to discuss the 
struggle for peace and social justice in their respective countries.
The Festival will allow youth activists from the United States to travel to 
Venezuela and share ideas and experiences with people who are involved in 
the progressive changes happening there. The A.N.S.W.E.R. delegation will 
participate in workshops on various subjects. They will also meet with women's 
organizations, unions, youth groups and other organizations from all over 
the world.


The festival is being held in Venezuela to build solidarity with the 
incredible Bolivarian revolutionary process. Since the popular election of 
President Hugo Chavez in 1998, Venezuela has become one of the most 
progressive nations in Latin America. Despite threats and intimidation from 
the U.S. government, the people of Venezuela are making significant gains. 
Programs, called missions, have been instituted to erase illiteracy and to 
provide poor people with food, work, healthcare and other social services.
It is important for activists and organizers in the U.S. anti-war movement 
to bring the truth about the revolutionary process taking place in Venezuela 
back to the American people. Upon their return from Caracas, the youth 
delegates will hold meetings in various cities to share their experiences in 
Venezuela.