Venezuelan President Meets Black Leaders in Harlem

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking at the conference in Harlem | Photo: teleSUR

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with leaders of the Black community in Harlem to discuss a variety of issues including police brutality.

While in New York for the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with leaders from the Black community in Harlem Monday, discussing various issues including police brutality and structural racism.

During the the People of African Descent Leadership Summit, President Maduro listened to a panel of activists and experts discuss the current socio-economic challenges faced by Black communities in the United States.

In response, the Venezuelan leader expressed solidarity with the victims of police brutality and discriminatory policing tactics.

“From South America, please believe me when I tell you, that we have also suffered along with you against this old narrative of racism, which continues to afflict our people,” Maduro stated.

During his speech, President Maduro highlighted the need to form “a new radical consciousness of humanism” in efforts to combat racial inequalities.

Leading up to the conference, President Maduro also took time to meet with representatives from sectors of the U.S. labor movement.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in New York last Friday to participate in the U.N. General Assembly – where he is due to speak Tuesday – and the Sustainable Development Summit.

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