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NORA CASTANEDA: "creating a caring economy in Venezuela" In Chicago Feb 1 & 2

Nora Castañeda, President of the Women’s Development Bank in Venezuela will speak at two chicago events.
February 1, 2004 5pm
@ Decima Musa Restaurant ® 1901 S. Loomis ® Chicago
February 2, 2004 7pm
@ University of Chicago ® Social Science Building (room 122) ® 1126 East 59th ® Chicago
* Translation * Video clips * Donation: $5-$20
No one turned away. Proceeds to benefit women in Venezuela engaged in self-help.
Nora CastanedaChicago.doc
NoraSpan.doc
Nora Castañeda is the President of the Women’s Development Bank in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

February 1, 2004 5pm
@ Decima Musa Restaurant ® 1901 S. Loomis ® Chicago
February 2, 2004 7pm
@ University of Chicago ® Social Science Building (room 122) ® 1126 East 59th ® Chicago

This event is part of a US tour coordinated by the Bolivarian Circle of the Global Women’s Strike with the support of the Venezuelan Embassy.

Nora Castañeda, an economist committed to grassroots women, was appointed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to head the Women’s Development Bank when he agreed to women’s demand for a bank as a way of funding reforms to benefit the poorest families & communities.
Of African and Indigenous descent and the daughter of a low-income single mother, Ms. Castañeda is a remarkable woman in a remarkable time.
Venezuela is the world’s 5th largest oil exporter, yet 80% of its people, mainly people of color, live in poverty. In 1988 they elected President Chávez to get the oil revenue back so they could tackle poverty and corruption. In 1999 they passed one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. In 2002 they defeated a coup carried out by the racist Venezuelan elite with the support of the US administration. Literacy, healthcare, housing, land rights . . . have all leapt forward.

Selma James, GWS international coordinator, and Nina López of the GWS Bolivarian Circle/UK will accompany Ms. Castañeda, providing introductory remarks and translation.

National Sponsors: Vanguard Foundation; WBAI, KPFK, KPFA radio; Danny Glover; Ed Asner; Harry Belafonte, Dolores Huerta; Greg Palast.

Chicago event hosted by Organization of Latin American Students, Students Organizing and United with Labor, and the Chicago Coalition of Venezuela which includes,
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism, Chicago-Cuba Coalition, the Chicago Religious Leadership Network, the Colombia Action Network, the Colombia Solidarity Committee-Chicago, La Coordinadora en Apoyo al Pueblo de Mexico, Evanston Neighbors for Peace, International Action Center- Chicago, International Answer-Chicago, La Vos de los de Abajo, Rojo.net, and the Bolivarian Circle “Amada Libertad”.

For more info on the Global Women’s Strike, including its March 8 activities: philly (at) crossroadswomen.net Phone: 215-848-1120

For further info on the chicago events,
Email: Kelykleiser (at) yahoo.com
773-960-4231

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