Hands Off Latin America! ¡Que Viva Latino America Libre!

October 12, 2012 Category: Shoutout Comments Off

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Date(s) - 12/10/2012 - 13/10/2012
5:00 pm - 12:00 am

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US Embassy

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Shoutout

Hand Off Latin America! ¡Que Viva Latino America Libre!
Please make a note of the date – pass info this far and wide

When: Friday, October 12th, 2012 – March from 5pm, Social 9pm-Midnight

Where:

17:00-18:00 hours; Assemble US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, W1A 1AE

18:00-19:00 hours; Lonmin HQ SW1X 7LY, Embassy of Spain SW1X 8SB, Embassy of Peru SW1X 9SP

19:00-20:00 hours; Rally in front of Ecuadorian and Colombian Embassies SW1X OLS, Knightsbridge tube; behind Harrods

21:00-00:00 hours; Party fiesta! Celebration of Resistance! Free food and Latin American social, Bar is open til midnight; SOAS Student Union, Institute of Education, WC1H OAL

This is a terrific lead in event to the Global Day of Noise (which is the next day; so bring flyers and Bambuser) and a great way for Occupiers to show solidarity with Latin American Londoners.

1492, 12 October marks the year colonialism and imperialism began in what is now Latin America; 520 years of genocide and imperialism. October 12 is a day of commiseration and solidarity with the peoples of Latin America

Twitter, blog, Facebook report this far and wide. See you there!

¡No a los golpes de estado, ni militares, ni “seudo-democráticos”!
¡Abajo los tratados de libre comercio!
¡Por la defensa de la soberanía alimentaria!
¡Por la solidaridad con la resistencia popular internacional!
¡Viva la resistencia cultural Latinoamericana!

No more Coup d’etats, pseudo-democracies and militarism!
Down with Free Trade Agreements!
In defence of food sovereignty!
In solidarity with popular international resistance!
Viva Latin American cultural resistance!
March: Friday 12 October 2012PLATAFORMA MARCHA 12 de OCTUBRE

Convened by: Movimiento Micaela Bastidas-UK, Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Movimiento Socio Político Marcha Patriotica, Campaña Latin American Perspective in Education, Biofuel Watch, Frente de Defenza de la Democracia (Paraguay), The Latin American Liberation Front, Latin America Workers Association, Cajamarca Solidarity Campaign, Enlace Internacional Mapuche, YoSoy123 (UK), Movimiento Andino Jose Maria Arguedas-UK, independent friends, with others joining.