Caracas (Venezuela), 22 October 2026 (SPS) – Venezuelan political, social, feminist and academic organisations, alongside solidarity movements, reaffirmed their support for the Sahrawi people’s struggle for self-determination and independence during a solidarity event held on Thursday at the National Art Gallery in Caracas.
Organised with the participation of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples, the event brought together organisations committed to defending peoples’ sovereignty, opposing colonialism and promoting international solidarity.
The programme featured the documentary 50 Years of Sahrawi Resistance and Dignity, produced by UTOPIX, which chronicles the Sahrawi people’s struggle since the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in 1976. A message from Mohamed Zroug, Sahrawi ambassador responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean, expressed appreciation for Venezuelan organisations’ continued support for the Sahrawi cause.
Speaking on behalf of the Sahrawi Embassy in Venezuela, Jamal Sidi thanked the organisers, particularly the Simón Bolívar Institute, for strengthening bonds of friendship and solidarity with the Sahrawi people. He stressed the importance of sustaining mobilisation in support of their right to freely determine their future.
The event also featured a message from Esteban Silva Cuadra, president of the Chilean Association of Friendship with the Sahrawi Republic, highlighting the Latin American dimension of solidarity and the need for greater coordination among regional organisations and social movements.
Venezuelan activists Lirio Reyes, a university lecturer and representative of the El Uali Mustafa Sayed Chair at the Bolivarian University, and Alejandra Labrea, a feminist activist associated with the World March of Women, discussed shared struggles for liberation, social justice and peoples’ rights.
Blanca Eekhout, parliamentarian and president of the Simón Bolívar Institute, underscored the importance of international solidarity and collective action in supporting peoples defending their rights and confronting colonial domination.
The event also included a photographic exhibition.
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