Cindy Sheenan and Hugo Chavez to address 6th World Social Forum

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Cindy Sheenan and Hugo Chavez to address 6th World Social Forum in Caracas
World Social Forum organizers in Caracas have announced that the inauguration ceremony to be held on Tuesday, January 24, will feature US anti-war activist Cindy Sheenan among other as yet unnamed speakers from Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, and Colombia.

The Forum will officially begin after a 2-day street festival, which began today, Sunday, along Avenida Bolivar in Parque Vargas, celebrating the anniversary of the 1958 overthrow of dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez. Tens of thousands gathered at the Plaza de Tres Gracias in Caracas at 3:00 p.m. and to march to Paseao Los Proceres for a political-cultural event under the slogan 'Contra la Guerra y Contra el Imperio' (Against the War and Against the Empire).

January 25-28, more than 3,000 journalists are expected to cover 1,800 self-directed activities and 200 cultural events gathering 2,700 organizations at 10 locations across the nation's capital. The activities are organized in three sessions: 8:30-11:30 a.m.; 12:00-3:00 p.m.; 3:30-6:30 p.m. Two hundred more cultural events will be presented in the evenings from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Parque Central and the Teresa Carreno Theater.

Throughout the week, tens of thousands of youth will occupy two encampments ar Parque Los Caobos in downtown Caracas and Parque Vinicio Adames, south of the city ... both will have necessary sanitary facilities, food and even internet access. Ten permanent thematic-solidarity marquees, including the Casa Cuba, Via Campesina, Pueblos de Mercosur (Cuba House, Campesina Way, Peoples of Mercosur) are located at Parque Vargas and Parque Los Caobos.

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