Credit: Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

Credit: Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

Venezuela is in the news a lot these days, but some of you might not be up to speed with what’s going down in one of Central America’s most volatile nations. Here’s a chance to join anti-war activist Gloria La Riva when she brings a more than 30-date speaking tour to Tampa Bay.

What is the Bolivarian revolution all about? Is Venezuela suffering an economic collapse? Why do Marco Rubio and Rick Scott care about it so much? Can you get involved? La Riva will address all of that at this 6 p.m. talk on Friday.

Eyewitness Venezuela w/ Gloria La Riva. Fri., May 24, 6 p.m. liberationnews.org.

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This article appears in May 16-23, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...