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Community Language and Culture Bank
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Venezuela: Rebirth of a Nation
Film and Discussion with Venezuelan Panelists

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2005

Tuesday May 31, 2005
7:30 PM
Smith Center at the Multicultural Center
(SW Broadway and Montgomery)
Portland State University

Featuring John Olmsted, Adjunct instructor in Psychology, Portland State
University.

John recently went to Venezuela to witness what he calls "a rebirth of a
nation." He participated in the World Solidarity Conference with the
Bolivarian revolutionaries in Venezuela. The conference marked the third
anniversary of the attempted coup against the democratically elected
government of Hugo Chavez. On May 31, John will be sharing with local
Portlanders his first hand experience in Venezuela.

Since Hugo Chavez was elected in 1998, the poor Venezuelans have something
that they never dreamed of, they can now go to a designated home in the
neighborhood to pick up a hot meal every day. The elderly have monthly
pensions that allow them to live with dignity. Young people can take
advantage of greatly expanded free college programs. And with 13,000 Cuban
doctors spread throughout the country and reaching over half the population,
the poor now have their own family doctors on call 24-hours a day—doctors who
even make house calls. This heath care, including medicine, is all free. In
addition, the Venezuelan government is providing opportunities for the poor
in the form of land, credit, housing, education, health and social security,
in a macroeconomic environment of external stability and fiscal
sustainability.

Co-Sponsored by:
Circulo Bolivariano de Oregon
Central American Solidarity Committee
PSU Multicultural Center