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<DIV>Dear Friends and Supporters of Cuba Solidarity New York
(CSNY),<BR>><BR>> ATTEND SEPTEMBER 16 RALLY AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH WITH HUGO
CHAVEZ AND <BR>> RICARDO<BR>> ALARCON!<BR>><BR>> On Friday evening
September 16only 9 days from this emailingthose of <BR>> us in<BR>> the
New York-New Jersey region, joined by solidarity activists from <BR>>
across<BR>> the U.S. will have an opportunity to attend an extraordinary and
<BR>> historic<BR>> event. A broad coalition of organizations has
announced that on <BR>> September<BR>> 16 there will be mass rally in
solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela that<BR>> will feature major addresses by
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and <BR>> Cuban<BR>> National Assembly
President Ricardo Alarcon. Both revolutionary leaders<BR>> are scheduled to
attend special events at the United Nations <BR>> commemorating<BR>> its
60th Anniversary. The September 16 solidarity event will be at
the<BR>><BR>> RIVERSIDE CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK at 120th Street and
Riverside<BR>> Drive where the Upper West Side and Harlem meet in
Manhattan.<BR>><BR>> Last week, in an arrogant decision flouting UN norms,
the U.S. State<BR>> Department refused President Alarcon an entry visa to
attend a meeting <BR>> of<BR>> the Inter- Parliamentary Union.
Nevertheless his request has been <BR>> renewed<BR>> to attend the UN
General Assembly sessions and it is expected that<BR>> Washington will be
forced to issue a visa. Foreign Minister Felipe <BR>> Perez<BR>> Roque
will also be in New York for the UN meetings. If for security<BR>> reasons,
President Chavez is unable to attend, it has been confirmed <BR>>
that<BR>> veteran popular leader and Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente
<BR>> Rangel<BR>> will take his place. We are working with the expectation
that Hugo <BR>> Chavez<BR>> and Ricardo Alarcon will be with us on
September 16. In any case the<BR>> September 16 event will happen and will be
a powerful expression of <BR>> both<BR>> the historic social and political
transformations roiling Latin America<BR>> and the Caribbean and the growing
solidarity movement in the United<BR>> States.<BR>><BR>> The September
16 event will be free, but individuals must obtain <BR>> tickets<BR>> that
will be issued through organizations, including CSNY. If you want <BR>>
to<BR>> attend, please reply ASAP to cubasolidarityny@mindspring.com.
These<BR>> tickets will go fast and will be distributed on a first emailed,
first<BR>> servedbasis. Please try to include an individual name for each
ticket<BR>> requested.<BR>><BR>> The next meeting of the coalition
organizing this event will be <BR>> Thursday,<BR>> September 8 at 6:30 PM
at the 1199/SEIU Building, 310 W. 43rd St., <BR>> between<BR>> 8th and 9th
Avenues, times Square subway stop.<BR>></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>