Bolivarian Continental Movement
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Bolivarian Continental Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Continental Bolivariano) it is a political movement named after South American independence hero Simón Bolívar
. The political movement was founded in Caracas
, Venezuela
on December 8, 2009 by a group of 950 left-wing activists from 26 Latin American nations.
The movement claims to seek to advance the interests of workers and fight against imperialism.
Colombian
president Álvaro Uribe
condemned the new group accusing it of justifying terrorism for reading a statement from Alfonso Cano
, commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), during its opening session.
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
. The political movement was founded in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
on December 8, 2009 by a group of 950 left-wing activists from 26 Latin American nations.
The movement claims to seek to advance the interests of workers and fight against imperialism.
Colombian
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
president Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe
Alvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid....
condemned the new group accusing it of justifying terrorism for reading a statement from Alfonso Cano
Alfonso Cano
Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas , more commonly known by his nom de guerre Alfonso Cano was the commander of the militant group known as Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
, commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia which is involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict, currently involved in drug dealing and crimes against the civilians..FARC-EP is a peasant army which...
(FARC), during its opening session.