The weekly
Newsletter VOL. 2: ISSUE. 46, 28th November,2016
Bolivarian Government of Venezuela
Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs office of the Deputy Minister for Africa
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Kenya concurrent to Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia
Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat).
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA MINISTRY FOR PEOPLE'S POWER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMUNIQUÉ
Venezuela expresses its affection and solidarity to Cuba for the physical departure of Commander Fidel Castro Ruz The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, on behalf of the Government and the people of Venezuela expresses, on this day of pain, all his affection and solidarity to the President of Cuba, Raúl Castro Ruz, to Dalia, his sons, family, people and Government of the sister Republic of Cuba, before the physical departure of Commander Fidel Castro Ruz, historical leader of the Cuban Revolution and founder father of the new Latin American and Caribbean history, undoubtedly the most important American in history of the twentieth century and example of generations for all time. Commander Fidel
As a revolutionary, as the Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I repeat together with our eternal Commander what he once said of the great Cuban leader: "You, history-maker, master. I say it without complexes. You are the father of all revolutionaries. You are our father. " We make ours the battle cry that so often voiced his beloved Cuba: "What did Fidel have, that the imperialists could not defeat him?"
Castro Ruz was and will forever be the Martian and Bolivarian giant who
Today we say to the father, the wise builder of ideas for
started a change of era and showed, with certainty and loyalty to his ideals,
the good of humanity: Fidel, history and the people of the world
the way of building the humanist and socialist project in our Great
absolved you. Mission accomplished, Commander of the humble,
Homeland.
soldier of our people. We are still fighting. In addition, we also tell
Venezuela had in Fidel Castro the greatest, supportive and affectionate of the friends; a teacher and a guide who designed, together with Commander Hugo Chavez, the new architecture of regional integration, based on solidarity, complementarity, fair treatment and human vision. We owe not only the creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America and
you, after so many evenings and conversations, so many plans with our Commander Hugo Chavez, so many times we were surprised by the aurora listening to your luminous word that at this hour, when we witness your transit to immortality, comes to our mind the verse of Miguel Hernandez that names you:
Petro Caribe, but also the building of the Social Missions in Venezuela,
"To the winged souls of roses
beautiful examples that involved the deployment of thousands of Cuban
Of the almond of cream I require,
doctors, educators and brothers throughout the vast territory of the Venezuelan
That we have to talk about many things,
homeland, forming the deepest experience of solidarity that the history of
Companion of the soul, companion”
humanity has known and which implanted the medical attention, the fight against illiteracy and the accompaniment to millions of Venezuelans who had been relegated to oblivion by rude governments of the past. Our life will not be enough to thank Commander Fidel Castro, our
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela decrees three days of national mourning to honor the memory and the eternal legacy of Commander Fidel Castro.
eternal Commander Hugo Chavez and the Cuban people, for so much love in works expressed towards our people.
With Bolivar, Martí, Chavez and Fidel we will overcome!
Commander Fidel Castro leaves Cuba standing victorious. A dignified and radiant people, who rise above the difficulties of the future. With his example, he also insists that the path of the liberation of our people is the
Ever onward towards victory! Caracas, 26th November 2016
road to self-determination and sovereignty.
WHATS INSIDE
1. Communiqué
2. Tribute to Fidel Castro
3. UNESCO Mee�ng on Cultural Heritage
4. FitVen 2016 to a�ract investment and recep�ve tourism
5. Promo�ng the unknown about Africa
FOR YOUR IDEAS, YOU BECAME UNIVERSAL
August 1926 - November 2016
Long Live The Cuban Revolution!
Venezuela and Africa present at the UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Heritage
From the 28th of November to the 2nd of December 2016, the 11th Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At this meeting, 50 cultural events from all over the world which will be included in the UNESCO list for the protection of that Heritage will be evaluated. This makes it worthy of a series of facilities that would allow the preservation of this cultural manifestation, as is the possibility to obtain international financial assistance.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will present "The Carnival of El Callao", festive representation of a memory and cultural identity. On the other hand, Africa will present six cultural manifestations: The ritual of "Moropa wa Bojale ba Bakgatla ba Kgafela" of Botswana; The "tahteeb", Egyptian cane game; The "Gada", democratic sociopolitical system indigenous to the Oromo, Ethiopia; The "geetgawai", popular songs in bhojpuri, Mauritius; The International Festival of Culture and Fisheries of Argungu, Nigeria; And the dance and music of the arched ma'di lira from Uganda. www.mppre.gob.ve 3
FitVen 2016 to attract
investment and receptive tourism
2016 Contreras said that this Fair will include forums to highlight the investment opportunities of the country in this area, in order to encourage trade to strengthen the provision of this service aimed at attracting the strong currencies that the nation's economy needs.
The 11th International Tourism Fair (FitVen), held from the 24th to the 27th November at the hotel Venetur Margarita, 15 countries participated in the Nueva Esparta state, said the Minister for Tourism, Marleny Contreras. In statements to state media, she said that 20 international service providers will also join this event, which seeks the growth of receptive tourism, through the promotion of the historical, cultural and richest heritage of Venezuela as a multi-destination country.
She further said that large hotel chains are interested in developing the first line of action of the Tourism engine that is anchored in infrastructure. "We received more than 800 proposals to improve the sector and create different working tables supported by 100 concrete projects that are feasible and viable."
She highlighted that FitVen features this time a new concept, focused on national and international tourist offers, foreign exchange earnings and job creation, as part of the development of the Tourism Engine of the Bolivarian Economic Agenda. Contreras said that the aim is to ensure that tourism is a vehicle to transform the rentier economic model into a sustainable production model.
The Minister also spoke about the first University of Tourism −located in Anzoategui State − as a further achievement of the management of President Nicolas Maduro to boost the development of the sector. She added that this facility "seeks to strengthen those students who want to work to make their country known to other communities."
"We have been demonstrating the full potential for investment, and we are trying to open the doors for anyone who wants to invest in Venezuela," she said.
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Promoting the unknown about Africa
UNICEF Awards 13 year old Somali refugee that speaks 6 languages
On the occasion of the International Day of Children’s Rights, UNICEF awarded personalities and organisations in Greece that promote children’s rights as well as schools collaborating in a Greek Education Ministry educational programme promoting the rights of children. Among the award winners is thirteen year old Mohammed, a refugee from Somalia, who speaks six languages and has become the “right hand” of volunteers at the Eleonas ‘hot spot’ since he informally acts as an interpreter. Mohammed managed to learn the foreign languages, by listening to volunteers and other refugees carefully.
children’s song called ‘‘I clap my two hands, happily” Unicef awarded Mohammed with the “Lambros Kanellopoulos’’ award for both his talent and assistance. Mohammed is a very smart kid, executives who work at the Elaionas structure, said. He lived in Turkey for three years before moving with his mother and five siblings to Greece, where he learned the language very well. The other languages, other than English, he learned playing with other children or at the refugee centre as well as in other places he had been before. www.hiiraan.com
He learned Greek in four months. His first learning exercise was a Greek 5