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VOL. 2: ISSUE. 14 18th April 2016
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA MINISTRY FOR PEOPLE'S POWER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMUNIQUÉ The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, on behalf of the Government and people of Venezuela expresses his solidarity with the sister Republic of Ecuador, for the events on the night of Saturday 16th April, 2016, where a strong earthquake was recorded in the province of Manabi, northwest of Ecuador, causing the death of hundreds of people. The Government and Venezuelan people express their deepest condolences to the brotherly people of Ecuador for such an unfortunate tragedy that overwhelms with sadness all the victims and their families; so we hope that the work of groups and rescue teams will attend and assist the victims of this natural phenomenon.Ecuador has the support, cooperation and unconditional solidarity of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at this time of grief. We reaffirm the deep bond that exists between our fraternal people, countersigned by our history in the spirit of friendship and humanity that characterizes us as children of Bolívar and the Patria Grande. Caracas, 16th April, 2016
Inside this Issue!
Pg 1. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ministry for People's Power for Foreign Affairs Communiqué
Pg 2. Agenda of South-South integration is more relevant than ever
Pg 3. Venezuelan High Level Commission in a working meeting in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Pg4. Global action day Kenya - Venezuela Friendship and Solidarity Committee
Pg 5. Promoting the Unknown Africa: The Kenyan rugby sevens team wins the HSBC world rugby sevens series in Singapore
Agenda of South-South integration is more relevant than ever Haitian President Alexandre Petion, a turning point for Venezuela to embark on the fulfillment of its purpose of freeing the country from the Spanish yoke.
Istúriz vice president leads the round table discussion the reality of the african, american and caribbean relations, in which he highlighted the contributions by the commander hugo chávez.
The executive vice president Aristobulo Isturiz stressed yesterday that the agenda for South-South integration, proposed by Commander Hugo Chávez, remains in force. During his participation in the round table discussion the Reality of the African, American and the Caribbean relations, that was held in the Centre of African, American and Caribbean Knowledge, recently inaugurated in Caracas, Isturiz recalled that President Chávez presented various proposals to strengthen the integration of the South, the Vice President highlighted in a press release. "Chavez developed a bilateral agenda with the governments of Africa and proposed the South-South cooperation. The first step was to launch Telesur, to promote a lifelong communication and Petrosur as an economic entity to attend to gas, oil and mining issues. Then the idea of the Bank of the South was born, as a new financial architecture to unite the regions." Isturiz reiterated that the project of the agenda for integration still remains in force, and promised to present to President Nicolás Maduro the proposal made by the Ecuadorian Ambassador in Venezuela, Rafael Quintero, to increase the participation of countries in the ASA Summit (South America-Africa Cooperation), which will be held in the next month of May in Quito. "Our countries have very little economic integration (with Africa)," said Quintero during his participation in the activity, while noting that the integration of the countries that make up the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and other nations of Africa is necessary, to address the economic situation that the region is currently suffering. Quintero recalled that during the first year of the preparation of the ASA summit the economic integration projects presented on this occasion were not enough, as a result of which he expressed the need to propose the participation of more countries in the Caribbean and South America at the summit this year, with a view to generate more proposals for productive development. In the ASA Summit, 55 countries from Africa and 12 from South America will participate. The idea is to promote balanced relations with the integration of the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Africa. CONTRIBUTIONS OF HAITI During the roundtable discussion, Isturiz highlighted the contributions made by Haiti to forge the independence of the South American continent. "Venezuela owes a lot to Haiti. We owe much to the Caribbean, the African Caribbean and we owe a lot to Africa," he said. In this regard, he said that relations with the Caribbean countries date back to 200 years ago when the Liberator Simon Bolivar received from the
Isturiz said that these relations were interrupted at different historical moments of Venezuela, especially during the Fourth Republic, a period in which the international policy of Venezuela responded to the interests of the United States, until the arrival of Commander Hugo Chavez, driven by Bolivarian ideals, decided to restore brotherly relations with Africa and the Caribbean. "It was with Chavez that we started to connect with the rest of the countries, it was him who said: Our north is the south ' " he added. Also, Isturiz remembered that Commander Hugo Chavez always fought against inequality and racism, and assured that his legacy still lives on, after considering it necessary to take seriously, the struggle for diversity as a fundamental value for there to be equality. "We must embrace diversity because we will only be equal when everyone will assume in there consciousness that we are diverse, while there are stereotypes that attempt to impose a single thought and diversity is not assumed, there will be always a struggle for equality and social justice" said the vice president. In this regard, the Minister for Culture, Freddy Ñáñez, made a call to build a multiple and intercultural identity as a mechanism to stop fascism in the world. "We must fight symbolically, ethically and culturally against a world that recedes fatally towards racism," he said. Ñáñez appreciated this new space for the debate as an opportunity to break "the curse of the unipolar world where the capital decided our comprehensive, economic, social, and human development. The great challenge remains multiculturalism. We have to go hand in hand to meet them all as much as to stop fascism in the world, “he said, as he urged to continue working in a joint manner between fraternal people to achieve this goal. SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA The Ambassador of Egypt, Khaled Ezzat Omram, thanked Venezuela’s political support and recalled that Commander Hugo Chavez enhanced the value of South-South Cooperation, achieving diplomatic presence in all African countries. The timing was propitious for Ezzat Omram to congratulate Venezuela and extend his words to President Nicolas Maduro in the third anniversary of his government. "We wish you the best of successes and that we all be part of the advance in order to strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity between Venezuela and Africa," he said. Caracas city, 17th April 2016
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Venezuelan High Level Commission in a working meeting in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, held in the afternoon of Saturday, a high-level meeting with officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran to continue to strengthen strategic ties and potential of the Venezuelan productive economic model. "We have held important meetings in the Islamic Republic of Iran, consolidating the strategic ties between our countries," she said. Along with the Chancellor and the vice president of political sovereignty, security and peace, is the Minister Miguel Perez Abad, the vice president for economy, and Eulogio del Pino, the Minister of People's Power for Oil and Mining, who comply with a full diary for bi-national cooperation. Rodriguez announced the addition to existing projects between Iran and Venezuela, new areas that fall within the 15 engines of the Bolivarian Economic Agenda. All areas of cooperation Venezuela Iran were reviewed by the Ministers of People’s Power and the first Vice President Eshaq Jananguiri. An extensive work day was held with the Minister for Industries and Trade to evaluate the projects that strengthen the strategic ties between our countries.
In the energy area, the Commission met with the Minister for Petroleum Biyan Zanganeh to review the progress of the bilateral cooperation, they also held a meeting with the Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, where they discussed issues concerning the forthcoming Presidency Pro Tempore of Venezuela to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). These bilateral high level meetings are based on reciprocal interests of the two brotherly nations, in coincidence points of revolutions that extol respect for the free self-determination of people, international law, and the rejection of the hegemonic policies of the imperial claims in the world. The brotherly ties between Venezuela and Iran have become better since the ascension of Commander Chavez as president, who directed foreign policy to contribute to the cooperation and the consolidation of a multipolar world, a vision that is maintained by President Maduro, in strict adherence to the legacy of Chavez. In June 2015 the Bolivarian republic and the Islamic republic established six new cooperation agreements; scientific, technol ogical, economic and health, that are expected to strengthen with the visit of the Venezuelans. www.avn.info.ve 3
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Promoting the Unknown Africa The Kenyan rugby sevens team wins the HSBC world rugby sevens series in Singapore The Kenyan rugby team with seven players per side won the tournament held in Singapore this weekend. The tournament is part of the HSBC world rugby sevens series. This is the first time Kenya won a tournament like this since it started participating in 1999. Kenya eliminated France in the quarter-finals, Argentina in the semifinal and played and won with a score of 30-7 against Fiji in the final. www.nation.co.ke
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