Boston, April 3 2010
Venezuelan Consul in New Orleans Jorge Guerrero, long time activist and member of the Afro Venezuelan network of organizations visited the city of Boston for a series of lectures in various prestigious universities of the area, the talks were circled by the Venezuelan Bicentennial, Afro Venezuelan issues, social struggles, and consequences of colonialism and capitalism, given with great context of Latin American History and present.
The talks were organized by the Consulate of Venezuela in Boston in collaboration with the National Lawyers Guild Massachusetts chapter. The lectures concluded with a public presentation and open panel with Bill Fletcher, Jorge Guerrero and Venezuelan Consul General in Boston Omar Sierra.
The visit to Boston was follow by a series of talks in the City of Chicago organized by the respective diplomatic body in the windy city. The Illinois lectures were highlighted by a presentation about the African Diaspora in South Side Chicago attended by Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
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