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Good morning. If one can believe the lefty website "vheadline.com" (who can't seem to spell her name correctly) it appears that the America-bashing socialist, and useful idiot for third--world communists, Cindy Sheehan will be joining Hugo Chavez to address 6th World Social Forum in Caracas. Charming. No wonder the US "main-stream" media couldn't get enough of her...

http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=47728

VHeadline.com correspondent Dawn Gable writes: 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.

Edgardo Lander, a member of the organizing committee says “we will be able to visit the entire world without leaving the city … to learn of the resistance, and meet the people.”

Lander also said that President Chavez is scheduled to appear at two events: one that is open to the general public and the other in closed session. On Friday (January 27), the President will address approximately 18,000 at the Poliedro stadium and will also attend the closing of the World Assembly of Social Movements where he will be presented with the results of the Assembly's 5-day work session and participate in dialogue with the Assembly. Rumors that other Latin American presidents are to be present are said, officially, to be without foundation ... "so-far no other Head of State is expected," says Lander.