Groups say President Hollande broke his promise to tax the wealthy. Instead, he’s increased sales taxes which adversely affect the working class. Story Transcript JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore. On December 1, a demonstration calling for a fiscal revolution will take place in Paris. Protesters are […]
Author Archives: Raquel Garrido
Raquel Garrido, a lawyer, is the international spokesperson for Jean-Luc Melenchon’s campaign and brings his campaign to French people abroad.
She was a candidate in the legislative elections in the 2nd circumscription which encompases the French from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego.
Born in Chile a little after the coup, the family found exile in Canada and then in France where she arrived at the age of fourteen. She was a student director at UNEF-ID and vice president of SOS-Racism at the age of twenty two. She then focused primarily on international relations within the context of a large [labor union] federation.
After representing France at the OIT (Internation Workers’ Organization) and pursuing the OMC (International Commerce Organization) negotiations of behalf of workers, she enter the Paris bar in 2011 where she specialized in international litigation. She is Jean-Luc’s Melenchon’s lawyer and was defending him in a suit brought by Marine Le Pen before the electoral commission.