Raising the Flag at City Hall

BOSTON/Government Center - The Venezuelan Consulate marked Venezuelan Independence Day at Boston's City Hall by hoisting the flag on July 5th 2009. Several community groups were in attendance to hear first Omar Sierra the Consul General and then Proyecto Hondureño's Tito Meza celebrate the sovereignty and freedom movements in Latin America. Meza's rousing speech underscored the continental unity in opposition to the recent Honduran coup d'etat. Several well known local figures including former city councilor Felix Arroyo joined the ceremony. Community organizations like Chelsea Uniting Against the War joined the event as did supporters of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).