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Caribbean-Latin America
Protests open Venezuela meeting
2006-01-25
Thousands of anti-globalisation protesters have marched through the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, at the start of the World Social Forum. The protesters shouted anti-war slogans and many of them carried banners criticising US President George W Bush.
Any puppets? Can't have a rally without giant puppets
The annual meeting is seen as an ideological alternative to the World Economic Forum, attended by business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos. Delegates will discuss fair trade, debt forgiveness and indigenous rights. The country's President, Hugo Chavez, is attending the six-day forum.

Some 10,000 people from 54 countries joined the anti-war march in Caracas. Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, the mother of an American soldier killed in Iraq, addressed the crowds, saying the US needed to bring its troops home immediately.
Ah, I knew there'd be a puppet
Posted by:Steve

#5  Wonder if she took the low-road or the heliocopter from the airport. I figure heliocopter.
Posted by: 6   2006-01-25 20:30  

#4  I nominate Cindy Shehan as "Kidnap Hostage for Ransom of the week"

Let's see how much her moonbat friends can/will cough up for her.
It's a win-win situation, either we never hear from her again, or her "Organization" bankrupts itself getting her out of hock.
Either way, humanity and sanity prevail.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-01-25 14:12  

#3  If I had a suitcase nuke, that is where I'd have to put it. (this week)
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-01-25 09:29  

#2  Would have been a GREAT place to put a 2000 pounder in!!
Posted by: ARMYGUY   2006-01-25 09:00  

#1  You are correct sir...

CARACAS (AFP) - Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq, joined more than 10,000 anti-globalization activists in Caracas, where she hailed Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez.
"I admire him for his resolve against my government and its meddling," said Sheehan, who gained notoriety when she camped outside US President George W. Bush's ranch last year to protest the Iraq war. She said she hoped to meet Chavez later in the week.
Sheehan was among more than 10,000 people from across the Americas who took to the streets of the Venezuelan capital Tuesday in an anti-war protest that launched the six-day Caracas World Social Forum (WSF).
My government should not meddle anywhere, the "peace mom" told AFP during the march, which was marked by anti-Bush slogans.
We must stop the Iraq war, we must not let it happen again, said Sheehan, who has been arrested at least twice while demonstrating outside the White House.
Tuesday's march ended outside the armed forces headquarters, on an avenue usually reserved for military parades. "It's a peace route now," Sheehan said.
Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, said she would remain in Caracas until the WSF concludes on Sunday, and would address participants on several occasions.
She said Venezuela's foreign ministry sponsored her visit.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-01-25 08:52  

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