June 17 Rally against the US Intervention in L A

[Louis Pio]

June 17 Rally against the US Intervention in Latin America in London
In London, on June 17, at 7.30 pm there will be a Rally against US Intervention
in Latin America.

The speakers will be:

Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP (to be confirmed)
Jorge Martin, International Organizer of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign,
European Correspondent for El Topo Obrero
Diego Escobar, Colombian activist from the Colombian Public Service Union

As well as Representatives from the Cuban Embassy and invited speakers from the labour and anti-war movement


The rally will take place at:
Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Upper Street, London
(nearest tube: Highbury & Islington)

Organized by:
- Hands Off Venezuela Campaign
- North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign
- Colombia Solidarity Campaign

http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/events.html

[fernando]

Just a question? Is Diego Escobar related to Pablo Escobar?

[Louis Pio]

Just a question? Is Diego Escobar related to Pablo Escobar?

I don't think so :D
It's a rather common surname in Latin America

[fernando]

oh ok :P that would have kicked ass though! You know where I could find some relaiable information about Pable Escobar, because my cousin told be he gave the people an infrastructure and schools and all that stuff with the money he made by selling drugs...so in a way I dont see him as such a bad guy :o

[Louis Pio]

I dunno much about Pablo Escobar.
But I guess he did those things to get public support thus making it harder for the authorities to take him out. It didn't work though, I saw how they hunted him down on television