Events

Pambazuka News is pleased to invite you to a virtual global town hall meeting on February 1, 2026 on the Theme: The Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela and Its Enemies.  Pambazuka, in keeping with its mandate as a platform of information on global Africa is holding a meeting on the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and its implications for Africa and the Global South.  Following the abduction of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, by the US military in a period of US hegemonic decline, it is urgent that the full meaning of these developments, in all their implications, be understood. Among the issues that will be discussed include an examination of the internal and external forces opposed to the Bolivarian Revolution; the socio-economic realities of Venezuela inclusive of its internal class and racial dynamics; the history of US intervention and regime change in the global south; and the examination of empire in a period of internal crisis and loss of global hegemony.

Panelists:
- David Abdulah, Assembly for Caribbean People (ACP), Movement of Social Justice (MSJ)
- Layla Brown⁠, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology & Africana Studies
- ⁠Essam Elkorghli, Global Pan African Movement, North America Delegation 
- ⁠Martha Ortega Peraza, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- ⁠Ralph Gonsalves, Former Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Date: 1 February 2026

Time: 5pm GMT

Venue: Zoom and Livestream on YouTube.

ZOOM: Bitly | bit.ly/4r7fLVK

YOUTUBE: Pambazuka News - YouTube